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Chromadorida
Article By:
Maggenti, Armand R. Division of Nematology, University of California, Davis, California.
Last reviewed:2012
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.757255
An order of nematodes in which the amphid manifestation is variable but within superfamilies some constancy is apparent. The various amphids are reniform, transverse elongate loops, simple spirals, or multiple spirals not seen in any other orders or subclasses. The cephalic sensilla are in one or two whorls at the extreme anterior. In all taxa the cuticle shows some form of ornamentation, usually punctations that are apparent whether the cuticle is smooth or annulated. When developed, the stoma is primarily esophastome and is usually armed with a dorsal tooth, jaws, or protrusible rugae. The corpus of the esophagus is cylindrical; the isthmus is not seen; and the postcorpus, in which the heavily cuticularized lumen forms the cresentic valve, is distinctly expanded. The esophagointestinal valve is triradiate or flattened. The females usually have paired reflexed ovaries.
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