CHRONOGASTER-TROGLODYTES SP-N (NEMATA, CHRONOGASTERIDAE) FROM MOVILE CAVE, WITH A REVIEW OF CAVERNICOLOUS NEMATODES

Authors
POINAR GO SARBU SM
Citation
Go. Poinar et Sm. Sarbu, CHRONOGASTER-TROGLODYTES SP-N (NEMATA, CHRONOGASTERIDAE) FROM MOVILE CAVE, WITH A REVIEW OF CAVERNICOLOUS NEMATODES, Fundamental and applied nematology, 17(3), 1994, pp. 231-237
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Fundamental and applied nematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11645571
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
231 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
1164-5571(1994)17:3<231:CS(CFM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Chronogaster troglodytes sp. n. (Nemata : Chronogasteridae) is describ ed as the first true cavernicolous nematode which was recovered from M ovile Cave in Romania. This species is adapted for survival in floatin g fungal mats growing in hydrogen sulfide-rich thermomineral waters. P opulations are composed of hermaphroditic females which feed on bacter ia associated with the fungal mats. A review of cavernicolous nematode s, and their relationship to epigean freshwater and soil forms, is pre sented.