New Freeliving Marine Nematodes from the West Atlantic I. Four New Species from Bermuda with a Discussion of the Genera Cytolaimium and Rhabdocoma Cobb 1920
Ott J. 1977. New Freeliving Marine Nematodes from the West Atlantic I. Four New Species from Bermuda with a Discussion of the Genera Cytolaimium and Rhabdocoma Cobb 1920. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 198(1/2):120 - 138
Four new species of marine freeliving nematodes from an intertidal sand flat in Bermuda are described: Paramonohystera wieseri sp.nov., Steineria sterreri sp.nov., Trefusia schiemeri sp.nov. and Spirinia gnaigeri sp.nov. Cytolaimium obtusicaudatum Chitwood 1936 is redescribed from specimens from North Carolina and placed in the genus Rhabdocoma Cobb 1920. The status of the latter genus and genus Cytolaimium Cobb 1920 within the systematically important family Trefusiidae is discussed. Paramonohystera wieseri sp.nov. is of special interest, because it is the first marine metazoan which has been proved to be a true obligate anaerobe.
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- Ott, Jorg
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- Description, Roundworms