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Dactylella
Sign in to saveDactylella is a genus comprising 72 species of mitosporic fungi in the family Orbiliaceae. They are notable for trapping and eating nematodes.
Species
Genus
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassDemospongiae
- OrderBubarida
- FamilyDictyonellidae
Habitatmarine
via
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Orbiliaceae
- Collections
- BPI, UPS, USNM, UEFS, NY, UFPE
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Puerto Rico, Brasil, Belgium
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Orbiliaceae
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- taxon name
- Dactylella
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Dactylella is a genus comprising 72 species of mitosporic fungi in the family Orbiliaceae. They are notable for trapping and eating nematodes.
Members of this genus form a noose structure from several elongate cells. When stimulated by a nematode passing through the structure, the cells swell, tightening the noose and trapping the nematode. Filaments then grow into the nematode to absorb nutrients.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dactylella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.