Genus Actinolaimus
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ORDER DORYLAIMIDA
Family Actinolaimidae
Genus Actinolaimus, Cobb 1913
Diagnosis: “Actinolaimidae. Cuticle with prominent cuticular ridges; lip region wide and low; vestibular ring sclerotized. Odontostyle robust. Vaginal refractive part with sclerotized pieces; male supplements in two fascicles. Tail elongate in females, short and rounded in males. Type species A. tripapillatus (Daday, 1905) Steiner, 1916 (Surinam, Paraguay, USA).” Vinciguera, 2006
References:
Vinciguerra, M.T. 2006. Dorylaimida Part II: Superfamily Dorylaimoidea. In: Eyualem Abebe, Traunspurger W., and Andrassy I. (eds) Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy. CABI Publishing, Cambridge, MA, pp. 392-467
Powers T. and P. Mullin. Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes. University of Nebraska Nematology Website. http://nematode.unl.edu/