Genus Ecumenicus
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ORDER DORYLAIMIDA
Family Qudsianematidae
Genus Ecumenicus
"Description: Qudsianematinae. Cuticle smooth. Lip region moderately offset; lips distict. Odontostyle about as long as lip region width; guiding ring simple. Pharynx enlarged in its posterior two-fifths. Female genital apparatus mono-opisthodelphic; vulva transverse, sclerotized, pre-equatorial. Male supplements six or seven, spaced. Tail conoid, ventrally curved, or convex-conoid, straight, similar in both sexes. Generally soil or moss inhabiting nematodes, one species also known from freshwater habitats. Type species E. monohystera (de Man, 1880) Thorne, 1974” Vinciguerra, 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/