Free-living marine nematodes in Andhra Pradesh Coast, India Author Sivaleela, Gunasekaran Author Surendar, Chandra Author Kumar, Rubavath Rajendar text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2021 121 2 283 301 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/151251 2581-8686 13186309 37. Daptonema tenuispiculum Ditlevsen, 1918 1918. Cylindro theristus tenuispiculum Ditlevsen, H. Vidensk.Meddr. Dansk. Naturh. Fovea , 70, 7 : 147-214. Material examined : 10♂ & 2♀ (Reg. No. N. 226), Krishnapatinam, 30.vii.2014 , Coll. G. Sivaleela. Distribution : Continental shelf of southwestern Bay of Bengal ( Ansari et al ., 2012 ); Vellar estuary (Ansari et al ., 2014); Continental shelf of Andhra Pradesh ( Bhanu et al. , 2017 ). Elsewhere : Blyth estuary, Northeast England , Plymouth . Remarks : The specimens examined well with the earlier description of Warwick et al. (1998) by their cephalic setae length, amphid size and tail length.