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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Sporonchulus

Sporonchulus Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 5938)

Family Mononchidae (ref. ID; 5938)

Family Mylonchulidae (ref. ID; 6182)

ref. ID; 5938

Definition

Buccal cavity barrel shaped, dorsal tooth midway or anterior in buccal cavity and opposed by numerous denticles on the subventral wall, in one group and either regular or irregular in arrangement. Esophagointestinal junction nontuberculate. Female didelphic or monodelphic. Tails conoid, ventrally arcuate, caudal glands and terminal duct present or absent. Male known for one species only. (ref. ID; 5938)

Type species

Sporonchulus dentatus (Cobb, 1917) Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 5938)

Nominal species

5. (ref. ID; 5938)
  1. Sporonchulus dentatus (Cobb, 1917) Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 5938)