REVISION OF DESMODORA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW DESMODORIDS (NEMATODA)FROM HYDROTHERMAL VENTS OF THE PACIFIC

Authors
VERSCHELDE D GOURBAULT N VINCX M
Citation
D. Verschelde et al., REVISION OF DESMODORA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW DESMODORIDS (NEMATODA)FROM HYDROTHERMAL VENTS OF THE PACIFIC, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 78(1), 1998, pp. 75-112
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom → ACNP
ISSN journal
00253154
Volume
78
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
75 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(1998)78:1<75:RODWDO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
In this article four species of Desmodoridae, Desmodora alberti sp. no v., Desmodora marci sp. nov., Desmodorella balteata sp. nov. and Desmo dorella spineacaudata sp. nov. (Nematoda: Desmodoridae), are described from hydrothermal vents of the Pacific. The genus Desmodora is revise d and Lists of valid species are provided; four subgenera are reinstat ed as genera; Xenodesmodora is regarded as genus inquirendum. Definiti ons of some morphological structures are given.