THE GENUS LAXUS COBB, 1894 (STILBONEMATINAE, NEMATODA) - DESCRIPTION OF 2 NEW SPECIES WITH ECTOSYMBIOTIC CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA

Authors
OTT JA BAUERNEBELSICK M NOVOTNY V
Citation
Ja. Ott et al., THE GENUS LAXUS COBB, 1894 (STILBONEMATINAE, NEMATODA) - DESCRIPTION OF 2 NEW SPECIES WITH ECTOSYMBIOTIC CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108(3), 1995, pp. 508-527
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
108
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
508 - 527
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1995)108:3<508:TGLC1(>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Two new species of free-living marine nematodes belonging to the genus Laxus Cobb, 1894, L, oneistus and L. cosmopolitus, are described from shallow subtidal sands in the Belize Barrier Reef and the Adriatic Se a. Both species are covered by ectosymbiotic chemoautotrophic sulfur-o xidizing bacteria. The genus Laxus is redefined and Catanema cobbi Ing lis, 1967 transferred to this genus. For L, oneistus, biometrical data for juvenile stages are given.