FREELIVING AND PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES FROM SPITZBERGEN, COLLECTED BY MR. H. VAN ROSSEN Author P. A. A. LOOF Department of Hematology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands text Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 1971 1971-12-31 71 1 86 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.8152982 dc936e39-ea56-4501-b5ba-a24d055276c8 8152982 85C9CB49-EEA1-467B-ACC7-7C11B9EDEEAD Rhabdolaimus terrestris de Man, 1880 . Dimensions of nine females : L = 0.34-0.40 mm ; a = 24-37; b = 5.3- 5.7; c = 2.4- 3.0; V = 6 - 937 -41 6 - 1 1. Amphids invisible. Stoma tubular. Cuticle with fine transverse striae. Details of gonads not visible. Two intra-uterine eggs measure 40-59 X 10-11 |x. Spinneret tube 6-10;x long. These specimens differ from those described by Goodey (1951) in being smaller and slenderer, in having a shorter oesophagus and a longer tail, viz. 11-20 anal body widths against 9.5. The vulva lies more anterior, but its position falls within the range given by W. Schneider (1939). Samples 61, 62 and 66.