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
25.
Microlaimus marinus
Schumann Stekhoven & De Coninck 1933
*
(Figure 16A-C)
1933
Calomicrolaimus marinus
Schulze.
Zool. Jahrb. Jena
(Syst)
62
: 331-430 Figure 51.
1933.
Microlaimus marinus
Schumann Stekhoven & De Coninck Bull. Mus.
royal d’ Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg.,
9
(4): 1-15, 5 plates.
Material examined
:
2 ♂
, (Reg. No. N. 265), Coringa,
3.iv.2016
, Coll. G. Sivaleela.
Diagnostic characters
: This species is characterized by the presence of development of buccal cavity, length of cephalic setae structure, position, and size of the amphids and the form of the copulatory structure.
Description
: Body length is
1.3mm
. Maximum diameter is of body 29 µm. Cuticle with transverse rows of dots. Six small and four longer 6 µm cephalic setae are present. Amphids are 7 µm wide. Buccal cavity is with one dorsal and two ventral teeth. Tail is 3 a.b.d in length. Spicules are 32 µm arcuate. Gubernaculum 18 µm in length.