Revision of Desmodorinae and Spiriniinae (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) with redescription of eight known species Author Armenteros, Maickel 869FA865-9251-489D-B399-1BA828530C6D Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, Calle 16 Número 114, Playa, CP 11300, Habana, Cuba. Email: maickel @ cim. uh. cu (corresponding author) & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 869 FA 865 - 9251 - 489 D-B 399 - 1 BA 828530 C 6 D Author Ruiz-Abierno, Alexei 4D8DE0FF-2CC1-4DD4-BE52-4C2E5B1527DF Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, Calle 16 Número 114, Playa, CP 11300, Habana, Cuba. Email: maickel @ cim. uh. cu (corresponding author) & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 4 D 8 DE 0 FF- 2 CC 1 - 4 DD 4 - BE 52 - 4 C 2 E 5 B 1527 DF Author Decraemer, Wilfrida 61262451-D994-411F-8331-1EB9AFACA48C Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, rue Vautier 29, B- 1000, Brussels, Belgium. alexei @ cim. uh. cu & Biology Department, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B- 9000, Gent, Belgium. wilfrida. decraemer @ naturalsciences. be & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 61262451 - D 994 - 411 F- 8331 - 1 EB 9 AFACA 48 C text European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 2014-09-15 96 1 32 journal article 21940 10.5852/ejt.2014.96 e66f3a54-e3b7-401f-9e4b-19ed26462e99 2118-9773 3838898 21EC0039-C374-47FA-AA88-46954CC7C5BD Subfamily Spiriniinae Gerlach & Murphy, 1965 Type genus Spirinia Gerlach, 1963 (syn. Spira Bastian, 1865: 159 ). Diagnosis [emended from Decraemer & Smol (2006) ] Body cuticle finely striated (except the genera Echinodesmodora Blome, 1982 , Spirodesma and Stygodesmodora Blome, 1982 ). Head capsule absent (i.e., cuticle not strongly thickened) and without demarcation between labial and cephalic regions. Amphidial fovea spiral located lateral and anterior on the body, its posterior border partially or completely surrounded by cuticle striations. Buccal cavity rather small, from minute to medium-sized with dorsal tooth, two smaller ventrosublateral teeth maybe present or absent. The main modification to the diagnosis in Decraemer & Smol (2006) is the inclusion of coarse cuticle as exception in order to accommodate the transferred genera Echinodesmodora , Spirodesma and Stygodesmodora . We also acknowledge the absence of a head capsule.