Genus Panagrolaimus
Fuchs, 1930
Synonym: Neocephalobus Steiner,
1929 (Steiner, 1934)
Cephalobus (Neocephalobus) Steiner, 1929
Procepalobus Steiner, 1934
Panagrodontus Thorne, 1937
Panagrolaimodies Ivanova, 1958
Definition: Panagrolaiminae. 3 or 6 lips, amalgamated
or more or less separate; 2 circlets of lip papillae present. Cheilostom
rounded triangular, almost hexagonal in section; its rhabdions usually
absent. When present they are hexagonal in section. Metastom
usually with a tooth or teeth on dorsal segment and sometimes denticles
on subventral segments. Oesophagus panagrolaimoid; anterior part
cylindrical, isthmus shorter than anterior part. Gonads panagrolaimoid,
the ovary tip being reflexed past the vulva almost as far as the anus.
Post-vulval sac about a body-width long.
Type species: Panagrolaimus detritophagus Fuchs, 1930
-Goodey, 1963
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