Nematode Diversity in a Tropical Rainforest
Specimens from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica
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Photographs of specimens
Tentative specimen ID arranged by
Habitat
 
Soil
Forest floor litter
Understory
Aporcelaimellus sp.
Discocrionemella limitanea*
Discolaimium sp.
Eudorylaimus sp.
Iotonchus sp.
Leptonchus sp. 
Meloidogyne sp.
Nygolaimellus sp.
Oxydirus sp.
Sakia sp.
Talanema sp.
Thornenema sp.
Xiphinema sp.*
Xiphinema brasiliense
Xiphinema brevicolle
Xiphinema costaricense*
Actinca sp. 
Anaplectus 
Coomansinema brevicauda
Dominicactinolaimus dominicus
Eudorylaimus truncatus
Geomonhystera australis
Heterocephalobus sp. 
Laimydorus parafecundus 
*- includes both Light microscope, and Scanning microscope images
2005 Survey Results
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