Mononchoides composticola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diplogasteromorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Rhabditina Infraordo: Diplogasteromorpha

Familia: Diplogasteridae
Genus: Mononchoides
Species: Mononchoides composticola

Name

Mononchoides composticola; Steel, Moens, Scholaert, Boshoff, Houthoofd & Bert 2011

Locality

Compost heap at the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research in Merelbeke, Belgium (Plant Science Unit, Growth and Development research area);
50°59'16.62"N, 3°46'30.66"E; altitude: 18.6 m.

Material

Holotypes

• four female paratypes and two male paratypes at the Museum voor Dierkunde (collection number UGMD 104180), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
• Two female paratypes and two male paratypes at the Wageningen Nematode Collection (WT 3475), University and Research Centre, Landbouwhogeschool, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

References

• Shokoohi, E., Seddiqi, E., Panahi, H. & Abolafia, J. 2015. New isolate of Mononchoides composticola Steel, Moens, Scholaert, Boshoff, Houthoofd & Bert, 2011 (Nematoda: Neodiplogasteridae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4044(1): 141–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Steel H, Moens T, Scholaert A, Boshoff M, Houthoofd W, Bert W. 2011. Mononchoides composticola n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) associated with composting processes: morphological, molecular and autecological characterisation. Nematology 13: 347–363.(full text)