Review of Euchromadorinae (Nematoda: Chromadorida) with description of a new species of Trochamus Boucher & De Bovée, 1971 from the Sundarban, India
Author
Datta, Tridip Kumar
ENVIS Centre, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India.
Author
Al-Helal, Md. Abdullah
Vidyasagar University, Department of Zoology, Paschim Medinipur, Midnapore- 721102, West Bengal, India.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-08
5278
3
493
510
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.4
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1175-5326
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Actinonema
Cobb, 1920
(emended after
Venekey
et al.
2019 &
Tchesunov 2014
)
Cuticle complex, heterogeneous with lateral differentiation as a ridge begins at the end of the pharynx. Six outer labial and four cephalic setae arranged in one circle. Amphideal fovea conspicuous, transversally oval with a double contour. Posterior pharyngeal bulb may develop. Buccal cavity with one prominent dorsal tooth and two small subventral teeth. Spicules simple, thickly cuticularized. Gubernaculum with L-shaped lateral piece. A cuticularized tube may run in between each spicule and gubernaculum.
Type
species:
A. pachydermatum
Cobb, 1920
List of valid species:
A. celtica
Boucher, 1976
A. falciforme
Shi, Yu & Xu, 2018
A. fidatum
Vitiello, 1970
A. grafi
Jensen, 1991
A. longicaudatum
(
Steiner, 1918
)
Wieser, 1954
A. pachydermatum
Cobb, 1920
A. paraceltica
Muthumbi & Vincx, 1998a
A. smolae
Muthumbi & Vincx, 1998a
Taxon inquirendum:
A. chitwoodi
Wieser, 1954