Genus Prionchulus
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ORDER MONONCHIDA
Family Mononchidae
Genus Prionchulus
Prionchulus Cobb, 1916
Diagnosis: “Mononchinae. Body length 1-4 mm. Stoma oblong, large, with a large dorsal anterior tooth pointing forward. Opposite to it, two ventrosublateral denticulate longitudinal ridges. Female didelphic; V≈ 55-70%. Males rare. Tails in both sexes conoid, bent ventrad, with rudimentary glands and without spinneret.” Zullini and Peneva, 2006.
References:
Zullini A. and Peneva V. 2005. Order Mononchida. In: Eyualem Abebe, Traunspurger W., and Andrassy I. (eds) Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy. CABI Publishing, Cambridge, MA, p. 484.