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Laxus

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Laxus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Desmodorida
Family: Desmodoridae
Subfamily: Stilbonematinae
Genus: Laxus
Cobb, 1894

Laxus is a genus of nematode worms from the subfamily Stilbonematinae of the family Desmodoridae. Like other members of this subfamily, they are covered by a layer of symbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, which in Laxus are coccoid in shape. They are distinguished from other stilbonematine genera by the finely-annulated somatic cuticle, thickened cephalic cuticle, small and coiled amphidial fovea, and lack of male structures.[1] There are at least five species in the genus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tchesunov, Alexei V. (2013). "Marine free-living nematodes of the subfamily Stilbonematinae (Nematoda, Desmodoridae): taxonomic review with descriptions of a few species from the Nha Trang Bay, Central Vietnam". Meiofauna Marina. 20: 71–94.
  2. ^ "Laxus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 February 2024.