DESMOSCOLEX (DESMOLORENZENIA) CAMERUNENSIS N-SP (NEMATODA, DESMOSCOLECIDA) FROM CAMEROON

Authors
DECRAEMER W STURHAN D
Citation
W. Decraemer et D. Sturhan, DESMOSCOLEX (DESMOLORENZENIA) CAMERUNENSIS N-SP (NEMATODA, DESMOSCOLECIDA) FROM CAMEROON, Fundamental and applied nematology, 20(3), 1997, pp. 233-238
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Fundamental and applied nematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11645571
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
233 - 238
Database
ISI
SICI code
1164-5571(1997)20:3<233:D(CN(D>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A new terrestrial desmoscolecid species, Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) camerunensis sp.n., is described from a tropical forest in Cameroon. The new species is characterized by eighteen main rings, a rounded rec tangular head, a lip region pattern with a rosette-like labial ridge o f which each sector embrace a fine labial seta with a pore at its base , large grooved amphids, sexual dimorphism in the somatic setal patter n, and the shape of the end ring with uncovered annulated tube-like en d.