Terrestrial nematodes from Jan Mayen
Author
Allgén, C. A.
text
Annals and Magazine of Natural History
1953
12
6
665
688
journal article
10.1080/00222935308654469
10811051
Plectus geophilus
de Man.
de Man, 1884
, pp. 112-113, pl. xvii, fig. 71.
Dimensions.--Body-length:
0.652 mm
., max. width
s 0.0
1
3 mm
., oesophagu s:0.1 9 7 ram., tail: 0. 0 6 5 ram., α= 5 0. 1 5, β= 3.33, y= 10.03.
Very similar t o P
geophilus
de Man
in the shape o f the buccal c a v i t y and rather cylindrical tail. It differs, however, from that species in the slender, more elongated bristles a n d in the lateral organs being situated at a greater distance behind the front end than de Man figured them. The oesophagus seems to be evenly elongated as in the specimen, figured b y de Man.