Bathyodontus

The genus Bathyodontus Fielding, 1950 includes only a handful of described species. Although distributed on all continents (except Australia), it is considered a rare genus, with only one species present in Europe.

Morhologically it is easy to recognize with a small, stout body; an offset head; cup-shaped amphids; a narrow tubular stoma and a broadly rounded short tail including a spinneret. Females are didelphic, males have a great number of supplements. Male are extremely rare.

More pictures of Bathyodontus:

Bathyodontus: female body overview
Bathyodontus: female body overview

Bathyodontus: separated lips and cup-shaped amphid close to labial region
Bathyodontus: separated lips and cup-shaped amphid close to labial region

Bathyodontus: stoma with anterior wider tubular and posterior more narrowing tubular part
Bathyodontus: stoma with anterior wider tubular and posterior more narrowing tubular part

Bathyodontus: stoma with anterior wider tubular and posterior more narrowing tubular part
Bathyodontus: stoma with anterior wider tubular and posterior more narrowing tubular part

Bathyodontus: posterior part of the pharynx
Bathyodontus: posterior part of the pharynx

Bathyodontus: sclerotized vulva lips
Bathyodontus: sclerotized vulva lips

Bathyodontus: broadly rounded short tail with spinneret visible
Bathyodontus: broadly rounded short tail with spinneret visible

(Click on the pictures for an enlargement, ©Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Nematology/Pictures: Hanny van Megen)