Revision of the genus Robbea (Stilbonematinae: Desmodoridae), worldwide abundant marine nematodes with chromophoric Fe-Br inclusions and the description of a new stilbonematine genus
Author
Scharhauser, Florian
Department for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Author
Saavedra, Daniel E. M.
Department for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Author
Pröts, Philipp
Department for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Author
Ot, Jörg A.
Department for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Author
Geier, Benedikt
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany & Stanford University, School of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases, CA, USA
Author
Gruber-Vodicka, Harald R.
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany & Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
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Polikarpov, Maxim
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg unit c / o DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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Bourenkov, Gleb
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg unit c / o DESY, Hamburg, Germany
Author
Leisch, Nikolaus
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany & European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
nleisch@mpi-bremen.de
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2025
2024-03-01
203
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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae005
journal volume
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae005
0024-4082
Robbea bernarditae
sp.nov.
ZooBank registration:
htp://zoobank.org:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org: act:
3585C810-E79D-4E8C-A534-B6FE6AB23F14
.
Tope location:
Punta
,
BayBay
,
Leyte
,
Philippines
; intertidal, fine sand next to mangrove stand.
Coordinates
:
10.642584 N
,
124.774708 E
.
Figure 4.
Robbea judithae
sp. nov.
female. A, total view of paratype. B, pharynx region of paratype. C, tail of paratype. Abbreviations: anus,
an; bulbus, b; begin bacterial coat, bbac; corpus, c; cephalic capsule, cc; cephalic seta, cs; egg, e; enlarged glandular sense organs, egso; fovea amphidialis, fa; gut, g; gubernaculum, gb; glandular sensory organ, gso; isthmus, i; ovary, ov; subcephalic seta, scs; spiculum, sp; spinneret, spt; tail gland, tg; vulva, vu.
Tope material:
One holotype
(NHMW-ZOO-EV-M-5873),
one paratype male
(NHMW-ZOO-EV-M-5874). Collection date:
June 1996
. Collector: J.A. Ot.
Etomologo:
Te species is dedicated to Bernardita Germano- Pilapil, former student of J.A. Ot, native of
Leyte
,
Philippines
, who helped with collection of specimens.
Description:
With the characters of the genus. Measurements see Supporting Information,
Table S2
(excel sheet).
Very small (<<
6 mm
long) and rather stout species (
Figures 12
and
13
). Amphids more distinctly spiral than in other species. Males with prominent enlarged GSO in ventral post-pharyngeal region, protruding as 19 bumps. Te species is remarkable for small (2 µm long) setae situated close to the submedian subcephalic setae. Cephalic capsule very long, extending over>70% of corpus. Long corpus occupies up to a third of pharynx length, large bulbus and consequently a very short isthmus (48–55% of pharynx length). Sparse somatic setae. Tail conical with rounded tip.
Male
testis with conspicuous large, round cells (sperm?). Symbiotic bacteria coccobacilli, 1.3 × 1 µm.