I have found several nematodes in freshwater samples; these are not part of my main project (hence I only have a few photos), but I would be interested to identify them nonetheless. Most diagnostic features that appear in keys can't really be seen on the images; however, if anyone is able to provide some sort of taxonomic resolution (even just to order level), that would be much appreciated! Each photo represents 1630 x 917um.
Hello Abhijit Mitra , unfortunately as this is not the main focus of the project, these are the only images I have! Thank you for your response; any advice you can give as to the ID would be wonderful.
Dear Joshua,
first of all, strong with your PhD, secondly, I can connect you to some experts in this field at University of Beildfeld in Germany, who are working on freshwater nematodes. Nabil Majdi, you can search him in the researchgate and ask him to help you.
Cheers,
Milad
Dear Joshua
Your images not reveal some diagnostic characters important for identification. However, I think that three images are related to order Dorylaimida, free-living omnivore nematodes, because pharynx (No52gonad1 and No52gonad3) and odontostylet (No96) are typical to those that found in Dorylaimida. I am not sure about the other image (No4mc) but a tripartite valve in the pharyngeal basal bulb may indicate that this specimen is a micobivore nematode of order Rhabditida.
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