MARINE NEMATODES FROM THE COAST LINE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
- 1 April 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 39 (2) , 183-199
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z61-023
Abstract
A collection of marine nematodes from two locations along the coast line of the Gulf of Mexico is herein reported. Of the 14 species included, 9 species (Lauratonema reniamphidum, Enoplolaimus punctatus, Oncholaimoides elongatum, Halichoanolaimus macrospiculatus, Desmodora dimorpha, Metachromadora (Neonyx) pseudocampycoma, M. (Bradylaimus) setosa, Neochromadora alatocorpus, and Prochromadora asupplementa) are described as new. In addition, Microlaimus dimorphus Chitwood of Wieser, 1956 is renamed M. wieseri n. nom., and Parachromadora Timm, 1952 becomes Timmia n. nom., with new combinations T. parva (Timm, 1952) and T. bipapillata (Chitwood, 1951).This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: