Three new species of the genus Belbolla (Nematoda: Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China
Author
Huang, Y.
Author
Zhang, Z. N.
text
Journal of Natural History
2005
2005-09-30
39
20
1689
1703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930400023750
journal article
10.1080/00222930400023750
1464-5262
4657878
Key for the determination of 12 species of the genus
Belbolla
1 Precloacal supplements absent......
B. asupplementata
(Juario, 1974)
– Precloacal supplements present............... 2
2 Seven oesophageal bulbs................. 3
– Eight, nine or 10 oesophageal bulbs.............. 4
3 Precloacal supplements well developed, appearing winged; apophysis of guberna- culums absent............
B. heptabulba
(Timm, 1961)
– Precloacal supplements reduced, in long pocked-shaped structure; apophysis of gubernaculums present...........
B. warwicki
sp. nov.
4 Eight oesophageal bulbs................. 5
– Nine or 10 oesophageal bulbs.............. 10
5 Length of the apophysis longer than half spicule length........ 6
– Length of the apophysis shorter than half spicule length........ 7
6 Supplements long (1.4–1.5 a.b.d.)......
B. tenuidens
(Cobb, 1920)
– Supplements short (0.5–0.9 a.b.d.).......
B. zhangi
(
Guo, 2001
)
7 Spicule with swollen distal tip........
B. stenocephalum
sp. nov.
– Spicule with tapered distal tip............... 8
8 Posterior supplement distant from the proximal ends of the spicule by less than one length of spicule; the apophysis about one-third of the spicule length................
B. teissieri
(Luc and de Conink, 1959)
– Posterior supplement distant from the proximal ends of the spicule by more than one length of spicule; the apophysis about one-fifth to one-sixth of the spicule length...................... 9
9 Length of the supplement wing almost equal to the diameter of its central part............
B. sundoensis
(Micoletzky, 1930)
– Length of the supplement wing twice the diameter of its central part...................
B. gallanachmorae
(Inglis, 1961)
10 Spicule with a hook at the distal end
B. intarma
(
Belogurov and Belogurova, 1980
)
– Spicule without a hook at the distal end........... 11
11 Length of the gubernacular apophysis
21 mm
; females with 10 oesophageal bulbs...............
B. californica
(Allgen, 1951)
– Length of the gubernacular apophysis longer than
45 mm
; females with nine oesophageal bulbs............
B. huanghaiensis
sp. nov.