Rhabditid nematodes found from a rocky coast contaminated with treated wastewater of Casey Station in East Antarctica, with a description of a new species of Dolichorhabditis Andrássy, 1983 (Nematoda: Rhabditidae)
Author
Kito, Kenji
Author
Ohyama, Yoshikuni
text
Zootaxa
2008
1850
43
52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.183386
5f8f79bc-b6de-4474-abaf-c8c0550bbfbd
1175-5326
183386
Rhabditidae
sp. 2
(
Fig. 4
C–E;
Table 2
)
A single female (ZIHU 3328) slightly shrunken in the anterior portion of the body, probably due to fixation (
Fig. 4
C).
Head (
Fig. 4
E) rounded, weakly offset; six lips low and closed, equipped with 6+4 papilliform sensilla. Stoma curved; cheilostom sclerotized, promesostom with tooth-like dorsal projection; glottoid apparatus appearing anisomorphic, metastom with two warts. Pharynx (
Fig. 4
D) with muscular median bulb. Excretory duct weakly cuticularized. Reproductive system amphidelphic; anterior and posterior ovaries reflexed dorsally. Vulva transversely slit-like, located before midbody. Rectum (
Fig. 4
F) long, 2.2 abd in length, with three large gland cells. Tail elongated conical, 15.3 abd length.
FIGURE 4.
Rhabditidae
sp. 1. Female (A, B, ZIHU 3326; left side view): A) Anterior region, with internal fungal hyphae. B) Tail.
Rhabditidae
sp. 2. Female (C–F, ZIHU 3328; left side view): C) Entire body. D) Anterior region. E) Stoma. F) Anal region. Scales: A, B, D–F: 10 µm; C: 80 µm.
The present species seems similar to the genera such as
Cephaloboides
Rahm, 1928
,
Diploscapteroides
Rahm, 1928
and
Rhabditella
(Cobb, 1929) Chitwood, 1933
, in having the stoma equipped with sclerotized cheilostom and tooth-like dorsal projection.