The freeliving nematode genus Parodontophora Timm 1963 (Nematoda : Axonolaimidae) is not exclusively marine: Parodontophora limnophila sp nov from freshwater in China

Parodontophora limnophila sp. nov. is described from Poyang Lake, the large st freshwater lake of China. It is characterized by having an amphid with i ts posterior end close to the base of the stoma, relatively short cephalic setae, opisthocephalic setae arranged as two subdorsal groups of three long itudinally arranged setae and two single subventral setae, excretory pore a t the level of the anterior part of the stoma and renette gland 34-47% of t he oesophageal length. To date, the new species is the only Parodontophora species found in freshwater habitats.