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Issue: Vol. 2096 No. 1: 11 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.8
Page range: 99–108
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 18

Description of a new species of Epacanthion (Thoracostomopsidae, Nematoda) from Brazil and a modified key for species identification

Laboratório de Meiofauna, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Rua Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP 50670-901
Laboratório de Meiofauna, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Rua Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP 50670-901
Laboratório de Meiofauna, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Rua Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP 50670-901
Nematoda free-living marine nematodes deep sea Campos Basin

Abstract

Epacanthion agubernaculus sp. nov. (Thoracostomopsidae, Nematoda) is described from sediments of Campos Basin, Atlantic Southeast, Brazil. The main features are: the long spicules, the absence of gubernaculum, and the presence of three pairs of setae in the tail region. Only one male was found for description, but the main features are strong enough to consider it clearly as a new species. An updated and modified key for species identification is proposed.

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