An annotated checklist of the main representatives of meiobenthos from inland water bodies of Central and Southern Vietnam. I. Roundworms (Nematoda)
Author
Gusakov, Vladimir A.
Author
Gagarin, Vladimir G.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4300
1
1
43
journal article
32584
10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.1
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1175-5326
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Family
Criconematidae Taylor, 1936
123.
Criconematidae
gen. sp.—
{55} (0, 0, 8, 0;
1
)
Population structure and abundance.
7 females (
3x10
3/m2).
Ecology and distribution.
Criconematides are soil nematodes; some of the species are plant ectoparasites (
Andrássy 2007
). As a rule occur in water bodies accidentally.
Remarks.
Several species of various genera are known from Vietnam (
Nguyen & Nguyen 2005
;
Nguyen 2007
). We failed to identify the specimens we sampled.