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Mesacanthoides Wieser 1953

  • 1. Laboratorio de Meiofauna Marina (LAMEIMA) - Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral (IDEAus-CONICET), Blvd. Alte. Brown 2915, U 9120 ACF Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.

Description

Genus Mesacanthoides Wieser, 1953

Emended diagnosis. From Wieser, 1953 (Smol et al. 2014). Enoplolaiminae. Transition between Mesacanthion and Enoploides. Lips striated or not striated. Mandibles solid or dense mottled with claws. Teeth shorter than mandibles. Marine.

Notes

Published as part of Pastor, Catalina & Russo, Virginia Lo, 2021, Two new species of Enoplolaiminae (Enoplida: Thoracostomopsidae) from Río Negro and Chubut, Argentina, pp. 337-351 in Zootaxa 5020 (2) on page 346, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5223356

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Enoplidae
Genus
Mesacanthoides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Enoplida
Phylum
Nematoda
Scientific name authorship
Wieser
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Mesacanthoides Wieser, 1953 sec. Pastor & Russo, 2021

References

  • Wieser, W. (1953) Free-living marine nematodes I. Enoploidea. Acta Universitatis Lundensis, Neue Folge, 49, 1 - 155.
  • Smol, N., Muthumbi, A. & Sharma, J. (2014) Order Enoplida. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera. Vol. 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston, pp. 193 - 249.