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Issue: Vol. 4158 No. 2: 29 Aug. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.2.8
Page range: 272–280
Abstract views: 66
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New records of Indian Nematomorpha, with the description of a new species from the genus Chordodes

Centrum für Naturkunde, University Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
Department of Zoology, Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram, India
Nematomorpha horsehair worms new species India Chordodes Acutogordius SEM

Abstract

Chordodes tjorvenae, a new species of horsehair worms is described from Mizoram, Northeast India. The species is distinct from all other known species by a unique combination of cuticular charatcers. In addition, the occurrence of the genus Acutogordius, particularly A. finni, is reported for the first time from India.

 

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