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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FF7295A7FE0CFD3C" bold="true" box="[151,425,723,750]" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">
<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FF7295A7FEAEFD3F" bold="true" box="[151,267,724,750]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F156C5C55B3CFFA1FEF795A0FE0CFD3C" author="Jensen" box="[274,425,723,749]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Jensen, P. (1978) Revision of Microlaimidae, erection of Molgolaimidae fam. n., and remarks on the systematic position of Paramicrolaimus (Nematoda, Desmodorida). Zoologica Scripta, 7, 160 - 173." type="journal article" year="1978">Jensen 1978</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FF72946EFE39FCE6" bold="true" box="[151,412,797,823]" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Emended diagnosis.</emphasis>
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. Males monorchic with single outstretched anterior testis. Females didelphic-amphidelphic with outstretched ovaries. Amphidial fovea monospiral, outline rounded. Somatic setae inserted directly on body cuticle, never on a process. Cuticle with transverse striae or optically smooth, without thorns. Pharyngeal bulb varying in shape: from spherical to pyriform. Gubernaculum with or without apophyses. Tail conical or elongated.
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species.
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FE8B94ACFE4BFC29" box="[366,494,991,1016]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">A. torosum</emphasis>
(
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)
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FF209376FEE6FBCE" bold="true" box="[197,323,1029,1055]" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Remarks.</emphasis>
The tendency to reduction of the posterior testis occurs among three other
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genera. Among
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FEBD935FFE4AFB94" box="[344,495,1068,1093]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Microlaimus</emphasis>
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species the posterior testis in
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FCB9935FFC5DFB94" box="[860,1016,1068,1093]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">M. globiceps</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="EDD0F8A45B3CFFA1FBCE935FFBC0FB97" box="[1067,1125,1068,1094]" name="Isle of Man" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Man</collectingCountry>
, 1880
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(see
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) and
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FEF29320FE17FBBD" box="[279,434,1107,1132]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">M. copulatus</emphasis>
Jensen, 1988
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is only half the size of the anterior testis. In the only species of genus
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FF72930AFE2FFB43" box="[151,394,1145,1170]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Acanthomicrolaimus</emphasis>
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—A.
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—the posterior testis is also much shorter than the anterior one, and gubernacular apophyses are present as in several
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FACC93D3FA39FB68" box="[1321,1436,1184,1209]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema</emphasis>
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species (
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). This genus differs from
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FC9993B4FC48FB31" box="[892,1005,1223,1248]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema</emphasis>
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not only by the presence of a short posterior testis but also in the structure of the cuticle, which bears numerous thorns.
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FB4F939EFAB8FAD7" box="[1194,1309,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Bathynox</emphasis>
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, like
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FE899267FE78FAFC" box="[364,477,1300,1325]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema</emphasis>
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possesses only one anterior testis, but its amphids are located very far from the anterior tip of head and somatic setae are situated on short processes, unlike
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<taxonomicName id="52C7C3B75B3CFFA1FBF29248FB2FFA85" box="[1047,1162,1339,1364]" class="Adenophorea" family="Microlaimidae" genus="Aponema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Desmodorida" pageId="2" pageNumber="58" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">Aponema</taxonomicName>
.
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In
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FF009212FE6CFAAB" box="[229,457,1377,1402]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Microlaimus nanus</emphasis>
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, the posterior testis is absent, and this allows us to relate this species to
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FF5092FBFE81FA70" box="[181,292,1416,1441]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema</emphasis>
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and to regard it as
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FD4692FBFCCCFA70" box="[675,873,1416,1441]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema nanum</emphasis>
(
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)
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Nevertheless,
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described two
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FC9692DCFC40FA19" box="[883,997,1455,1480]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema</emphasis>
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having well-developed anterior and posterior testes—
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FE8292A6FDB3FA3F" box="[359,534,1493,1518]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">A. decramerae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FC6392A6FC4AFA3F" box="[902,1007,1493,1518]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">A. mnazi</emphasis>
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—without emending the diagnosis of the genus
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.
</emphasis>
We suppose that the main difference of
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FB42928FFAB3F9C4" box="[1191,1302,1532,1557]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema</emphasis>
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from other Microlaimids is the lack of a posterior testis so it seems doubtful that
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FC2C9150FB26F9ED" box="[969,1155,1571,1596]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">A. decraemerae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FB599150FA86F9ED" box="[1212,1315,1571,1596]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">A. mnazi</emphasis>
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should be considered as belonging to the genus
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FDAB913AFD18F9B3" box="[590,701,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Aponema</emphasis>
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and we propose to transfer these species to
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<emphasis id="A7B364265B3CFFA1FB25913AFAF0F9B3" box="[1216,1365,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="58">Microlaimus</emphasis>
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.
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