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Issue: Vol. 1126 No. 1: 10 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1126.1.4
Page range: 53–61
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Comesomatidae Filipjev, 1922 (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from sandy bottoms of Tenerife, Canary Islands

Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Nematoda Comesomatidae Paracomesoma Setosabatieria free-living soft-bottoms Canary Islands Tenerife

Abstract

Two new species of Comesomatidae Filipjev, 1922 are described from sandy bottoms of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Paracomesoma sigmoidalis new species is characterized by having 35 precloacal supplements, S-shaped and slender spicules, and an elliptical plaque at the distal end of the gubernaculum. Setosabatieria triangularis new species is characterized by the number of turns (2.5) and development of the amphid (68% cbd), and a triangular gubernaculum.

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