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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Subfamily
Euchromadorinae
Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
Diagnosis.
(after
Decraemer&Smol2006
):
Chromadoridae
.Body cuticle with complex heterogeneous ornamentation along the body (rarely homogeneous as in
Endeolophos
Boucher, 1976
), often with lateral differentiation. The six outer labial and four cephalic sensilla setiform and may be arranged in a single circlet. Amphideal fovea transverse slit-like or oval, located posterior to the cephalic setae. Buccal cavity with large dorsal tooth, with or without denticles or smaller ventrosublateral teeth. Pharynx with or without defined terminal bulb. Gubernaculum usually with hammer- or L-shaped lateral pieces (wrongly indicated as telamon). Pre-cloacal supplements absent but a pre-cloacal differentiation of body cuticle may be present. Marine.
Diagnosis of the genera:
Until date
Euchromadorinae
is comprised of 11 valid genera.