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Issue: Vol. 2096 No. 1: 11 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.9
Page range: 109–118
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 18

Spirodesma magdae nov. gen. nov. sp. (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) from the Brazilian deep sea (Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n, Dept. Zoologia, Cidade Universitária, Recife – Pernambuco, Brasil. 50670-901
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n, Dept. Zoologia, Cidade Universitária, Recife – Pernambuco, Brasil. 50670-901
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n, Dept. Zoologia, Cidade Universitária, Recife – Pernambuco, Brasil. 50670-901
Nematoda Spiriniinae new genus new species marine taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus and species of Desmodoridae was found in deep-sea sediments of the Campos Basin. Although the cuticle annulation of the new species is similar to members of Desmodorinae, many morphological features are strong enough to classify it within the Spiriniinae. Spirodesma magdae nov. gen. nov. sp. is characterized mainly by the presence of a unique form of unispired amphids, with circular amphideal fovea, and a buccal cavity with three equal teeth, one dorsal and two ventrosublateral.

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