World Database of Nematodes

Sun, J., Zhai, H. & Huang, Y. (2019). Disconema zhangi sp. nov. (Linhomoidae: Nematoda) from the East China Sea. Cah. Biol. Mar. 60 : 553-558.

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Sun, J., Zhai, H. & Huang, Y.

2019

60 : 553-558

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One new free-living marine nematode species is described from the seafloor sediment of East China Sea based on the male specimens. Disconema zhangi sp. nov. is characterized by having a small body of less than 1 mm, papilliform cephalic sensilla, oblong amphidial fovea, conical cardia, slender and arcuate spicules, presence of dorso-caudal gubernacular apophyses, conico-cylindrical tail with an enlarged terminal end with terminal setae. The new species is distinguished from the congeners by the combination of following characters: body length, cephalic sensilla length, amphid shape and size, tail shape, reproductive structure and cardia size.

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