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Free-living nematodes of the genus Alaimella Cobb 1920 (Nematoda: Leptolaimidae): A description of A. macramphis sp. n. from the White Sea and a revision of the genus

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Alaimella cincta Cobb 1920 and Alaimella macramphis sp. n. are described and illustrated. Both the species were first recorded for the White Sea in northern Russia. A. cincta occurs in the shells of the agglutinated foraminiferan Reophax curtus, as well as freely in bottom sediments. A. macramphis sp. n. is described from a single male sampled from bottom sediments. A. macramphis sp. n. is distinguished from two previously known species of Alaimella (A. cincta Cobb 1920 and A. truncate Cobb 1920) by having a longer body, longer cephalic setae, and a wide amphid equal to the respective body diameter. The new species also differs from A. truncate by the distinct striation of the cuticular annulations. The Alaimella species are additionally characterized by having a posterior glandular widening of the esophagus. An emended diagnosis of the genus Alaimella Cobb 1920 and a key for species identification are provided.

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  1. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    A. V. Tchesunov

  2. Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow, 107140, Russia

    D. M. Milyutin

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Tchesunov, D.M. Milyutin, 2007, published in Biologiya Morya.

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Tchesunov, A.V., Milyutin, D.M. Free-living nematodes of the genus Alaimella Cobb 1920 (Nematoda: Leptolaimidae): A description of A. macramphis sp. n. from the White Sea and a revision of the genus. Russ J Mar Biol 33, 92–97 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074007020034

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