Revision of Cervonema Wieser, 1954 and Laimella Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Comesomatidae) with descriptions of two species from East Sea, Korea
Author
Hong, Jung-Ho
Author
Tchesunov, Alexei V.
Author
Lee, Wonchoel
text
Zootaxa
2016
4098
2
333
357
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4098.2.7
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Genus
Cervonema
Wieser, 1954
Diagnosis
(emended after
Jensen 1979
;
Hope & Zhang 1995
;
Barnes
et al
. 2012
;
Fonseca & Bezerra 2014
)
Sabatieriinae
. Cuticle finely striated; punctations in cuticle may be also observed. Cephalic region short to elongated. Outer labial and cephalic setae in two distinct, separated crowns and usually equal in length. Buccal cavity minute and undifferentiated. Amphideal fovea multispiral, with 4.25–8.25 turns, often situated about two head diameters posterior to anterior end. Pharynx slender, cylindrical with more or less prominent terminal swelling, muscular or glandular. Spermatozoa usually oval to spindle shape; distinct cortical striation in spermatozoa may be observed. Spicules short, straight or slightly curved, weakly cuticularised and commonly less than one anal diameter in length. Gubernaculum weakly developed or not observed, small dorsal or dorso-caudal apophyses may be present in some species. Pre-cloacal supplements as minute papillae or absent. Tail conicocylindrical.
Type
species:
Cervonema allometricum
Wieser, 1954