Revision of the genus Parasphaerolaimus (Nematoda: Sphaerolaimidae) with description of new species
Author
Zograf, Julia K.
Author
Pavlyuk, Olga N.
Author
Trebukhova, Yulia A.
Author
Tu, Nguyen Dinh
text
Zootaxa
2017
4232
1
journal volume
36546
10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.4
62e8d61a-897f-4e24-b824-8fb6d9a1cd6d
1175-5326
292863
C622342F-6DB3-4DD0-84FB-F8DA4D403309
Genus
Parasphaerolaimus
Ditlevsen, 1919
Diagnosis
(emended from
Lorenzen 1978
;
Fonseca & Bezerra 2014
):
Sphaerolaimidae
. Wall of buccal cavity consists of six anterior and three posterior, circularly arranged elements. Anterior-most part of inner pharyngeal wall transformed into six plates. Longitudinal ribs of lip region of all juvenile stages correspond to a uniform pattern that differs sharply from that of adults. Eight groups of subcephalic setae, corresponding to those of
Sphaerolaiminae
, occur in all four juvenile stages and in adults. Sexual dimorphism in size of amphids.