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Three new free-living marine nematode species of the genus Micoletzkyia (Phanodermatidae) from China Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2011

Yong Huang  and
Bo Cheng
Yong Huang*
Affiliation:
College of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, People's Republic of China
Bo Cheng
Affiliation:
College of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, People's Republic of China
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Y. Huang, College of Life Sciences, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, People's Republic of China email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Three new species of free-living marine nematodes Micoletzkyia longispicula sp. nov., Micoletzkyia filicaudata sp. nov. and Micoletzkyia nanhaiensis sp. nov. from the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea are described. Micoletzkyia longispicula sp. nov. is characterized by spicules elongated and straight, 7 a.b.d. long, pear-shaped proximally and pointed distally; gubernaculum conical, without apophysis, and tubular supplement headlike proximally. Micoletzkyia filicaudata sp. nov. is characterized by slender body with relatively long filiform tail (8.1 a.b.d.), spicules elongated and straight (4.4 a.b.d.), cephalate proximally and pointed distally, gubernaculum tubular, with dorsal apophysis. Micoletzkyia nanhaiensis sp. nov. is characterized by spicules slender and curved, 2.5 a.b.d. long, cephalous proximally and chapiter-shaped distally, and gubernaculum with relatively long dorsal apophysis. A key for all known species of Micoletzkyia is proposed.

Keywords

Micoletzkyia longispicula sp. nov.Micoletzkyia filicaudata sp. nov.Micoletzkyia nanhaiensis sp. nov.free-living marine nematodeChina Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 92 , Issue 5 , August 2012 , pp. 941 - 945
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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