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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Trochamus
Boucher & De Bovée, 1971
(emended after
Boucher & De Bovée 1971
and
Tchesunov 2014
)
Body cuticle heterogeneous and complex interlocking pattern like roof-tiles; lateral differentiation crest-like. Six outer labial and four cephalic setae arranged in one crown. Amphideal fovea small loop-shaped or poorly visible transverse slit. Buccal cavity armed with one dorsal tooth and two small subventral denticles. Spicule and gubernaculum simple without any accessory pieces. No post-cloacal modifications in male.
Type
species:
T. carinatus
Boucher & de Bovée, 1971
List of valid species:
T. bulbosa
Muthumbi & Vincx, 1998b
T. carinatus
Boucher & de Bovée, 1971
T. complexus
Boucher, 1976
T. polki
Muthumbi & Vincx, 1998b
T. prosoporus
Blome, 1985
T. timmi
sp.n.