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Scientific Name: Leptolaimus praeclarus Timm, 1961
English Name: Roundworm
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Roundworm - Not Known - Leptolaimus praeclarus - Type: Roundworms

Photo: Hauquier, Freija(WORMS)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Plectida
Family: Leptolaimidae
Description:
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia Island, Bay of Bengal
Environment:
Marine (lives in association with the alga Siphonocladus)
References:

Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh,Vol. 15. Platyhelminthes- Nematoda. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh,Dhaka.325pp.

Ansari KGMT, Punyasloke B (2017) An updated species checklist for free-living marine nematodes from the world's largest mangrove ecosystem, Sundarbans. Zootaxa, 4290(1), 177-191.

Nemys eds. (2023). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Leptolaimus de Man, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2407 on 2023-11-14

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