Two new free-living nematode species (Trefusiina: Trefusiidae) from the Chatham Rise crest, Southwest Pacific Ocean
Author
Leduc, Daniel
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2013
2013-09-05
55
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2013.55
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Genus
Trefusia
de Man 1893
Type
species
Trefusia longicauda
De Man, 1893
Diagnosis
Amphideal fovea cryptospiral, oval, or horse-shoe shaped. Funnel-shaped buccal cavity. Males with ventral (and sometimes subventral) longitudinal rows of cervical sensillae. Small papillose pre-cloacal supplements present, situated either in a single ventral row or two sub-ventral rows; post-cloacal papillae
absent. Spicules usually with handle-shaped proximal ends. Females with two ovaries. Tail conical, conico-cylindrical, or filiform.
Remarks
The last treatment of the genus
Trefusia
was by
Keppner (1992)
, who provided an updated key to the males of the 17 species of the genus based on
Riemann (1966)
.
T. varians
Gerlach, 1955
was not included in the key because the original description was based on female specimens only. Since then,
Trefusia monodelphis
Bussau, 1990
was synonymised with
Trichistoma gracile
Andrássy, 1985 by
Andrássy (2007)
, and two new species were described by
Bussau (1993)
. There are currently 20 valid
Trefusia
species (including
T. piperata
sp. nov.
).