TERRESTRIAL NEMATODES OF THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO .6. PUNCHAULUS GEMELLENSIS, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF APHELENCHINA (TYLENCHIDA)

Authors
DELEY P COOMANS A
Citation
P. Deley et A. Coomans, TERRESTRIAL NEMATODES OF THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO .6. PUNCHAULUS GEMELLENSIS, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF APHELENCHINA (TYLENCHIDA), Fundamental and applied nematology, 19(2), 1996, pp. 159-165
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Fundamental and applied nematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11645571
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
159 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
1164-5571(1996)19:2<159:TNOTGA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Punchaulus gemellensis gen. n., sp. n. is described from Los Gemelos, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador. It is characterized by short and plump body (L = 300-404 mu m, a = 14-19); large excretory pore located near the base of the procorpus; nearly spherical median bulb; a non-m uscular, 19-22 mu m long, isthmus; monodelphic female reproductive sys tem without post vulval sac; spicules with well-developed rostrum and ventral limb extending beyond dorsal limb; and conical tail ending in a truncate, finely fimbriated stub.