Deep-sea nematodes (Comesomatidae) from the Southwest Pacific Ocean: five new species and three new species records
Author
Leduc, Daniel
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2012
2012-10-05
24
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42
journal article
21826
10.5852/ejt.2012.24
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Genus
Hopperia
Vitiello, 1969
Diagnosis (modified from
Jensen (1979))
Dorylaimopsinae
. Cuticle with lateral differentiation of irregularly-spaced larger dots, sometimes arranged in transverse rows; posterior portion of buccal cavity cylindrical, with three thorn-like teeth at border to anterior portion (except in
H. hexadentata
Hope & Zhang, 1995
which has six teeth); ovaries usually outstretched, reflexed ovaries sometimes present; spicules arcuate; gubernaculum with caudal or dorso-caudal apophyses.
Type
species
Hopperia massiliensis
Vitiello, 1969