An annotated checklist of the main representatives of meiobenthos from inland water bodies of Central and Southern Vietnam. I. Roundworms (Nematoda)
Author
Gusakov, Vladimir A.
Author
Gagarin, Vladimir G.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4300
1
1
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journal article
32584
10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.1
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1175-5326
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Family
Longidoridae Thorne, 1935
33.
Longidorus
Micoletzky, 1922
spp.—
{63, 68, 69} (0, 0, 0, 27;
4
)
Population structure and abundance.
Juvenile specimen and female at site 63, single juvenile individuals at the other sites.
Ecology and distribution.
Representatives of this genus (about 150 species) are terrestrial ectoparasites of plant root systems, sporadically occurring in water bodies (
Andrássy 2009b
). In the course of our studies of Vietnam’s meiobenthos,
Longidorus
specimens were recovered exclusively from small forest brooks.
Remarks.
Only one identified species of this genus,
L. pisi
Edward, Mishra & Singh, 1964
and one unidentified species have been registered from aquatic biotopes in Vietnam (
Gagarin & Nguyen 2005a
;
Nguyen & Nguyen 2005
). We have not conclusively identified the specimens we collected.