Published December 31, 1971 | Version v1
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Alaimus depressus A..L O O F 1971, n.sp.

Creators

  • 1. Department of Hematology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Description

Alaimus depressus n.sp. (Fig. 20).

Dimensions:

Female, holotype: L = 0.86 mm; a = 44; b = 3.9; c = 12; V = 43 1 6.

Female, paratype: L = 0.94 mm; a = 46; b = 4.3; c = 13; V = 43 1 3.

Body coiled into spiral shape in death. Excretory'pore 11 jx from head end. Amphidial sensillae located 51- 56 \L behind head end, or 65- 70 % of the distance from head end to nerve ring. Cuticle smooth, 1 fx thick. Oesophagus widened in posterior seventh. The nerve ring surrounds the oesophagus at 36 - 37 % of its length from head end. Gonad single, posterior. Vagina perpendicular to body axis. The outstanding feature of this species is the peculiar depression of the ventral cuticle immediately behind the vulva. Tail 7 anal body widths long, curved ventrad, terminus subdigitate. Walls of rectum heavily cuticularized.

Holotype: Female on slide WT 1219. Paratype: One female (broken) on slide WT 1220.

Type habitat and locality: Sample 63.

Notes

Published as part of P. A. A. LOOF, 1971, FREELIVING AND PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES FROM SPITZBERGEN, COLLECTED BY MR. H. VAN ROSSEN, pp. 1-86 in Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 71 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8152982

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Alaimidae
Genus
Alaimus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Enoplida
Phylum
Nematoda
Scientific name authorship
A..L O O F
Species
depressus
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Alaimus depressus A., 1971