Free-living Nematodes from Albania, including the description of three new species Author Andrássy, I. Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology of tŀe Eötvös Loránd University, and Zootaxonomy Researcŀ Group of tŀe Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pázmány Péter sétány 1 / C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary text Nematologia Mediterranea 2009 2009-06-30 37 73 88 journal article 289593 10.5281/zenodo.10728610 3b49221b-19a4-492b-bf04-d193aa8515c3 10728610 ENCHODELUS GROENLANDICUS (Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne, 1939 ( Fig. 7 ) Females (n = 2). L = 1.54-1.68 mm; a = 22-23; b = 4.0-4.6; c = 40-46; c’ = 0.7-0.8; V = 44-45 %. Body 77-80 µm wide at middle. Cuticle 3-4 µm thick on mid-body and 8-9 µm on tail. Lip region rounded, offset by a slight depression, 19-20 µm wide. Body at posterior end of oesophagus 3.5-3.6 times as wide as head. Odontostyle long and thin, 50-51 µm, 2.5-2.6 times as long as labial width; odontophore 52-54 µm long. Oesophagus widened at 62-63%. Dorsal nucleus located at 64-68% of oesophagus length or 14-16% of entire length of body. AS1 = 22-26%, AS2 = 28-32%, PS1 = 53-56%, PS2 = 56-57%; AS nuclei small, rather inconspicuous, PS nuclei prominent. Glandularium 115-133 µm long. Fig. 7. Enchodelus groenlandicus (Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne, 1939 . A: anterior end; B: vulva and vagina; C: female posterior region. (Scale bars 20 µm each). Vulva a transverse slit with large and heavily sclerotized inner lips. Vagina strong, 40-44 µm long, extending well over half a body diameter. Each genital branch about four body widths long. Tail 28-30 µm long, broadly rounded, hemispheroid. The present specimens fit well the morphological characters of Enchodelus groenlandicus as recently described by Guerrero and Peña-Santiago (2008). This is the second record of this rare species after its original description; E. groenlandicus has previously been reported from terrestrial habitats in Greenland and Spain. The Albanian specimens were observed in terrestrial habitats at localities No. 8b and 11b.