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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FF32FD976122FDDE" bold="true" box="[151,350,573,599]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Plectus aquatilis</emphasis>
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(
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,
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FF32FD096131FD32" bold="true" box="[151,333,675,699]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Measurements.</emphasis>
Table 1.
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Description.
<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FEC4FD6C61D6FD56" bold="true" box="[353,426,710,735]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Adult:</emphasis>
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Body straight, slightly arcuate to C-shaped upon fixation, regularly tapering towards extremities, more towards posterior end. Cuticle 1.52.0 µm thick; outer cuticle smooth, inner cuticle finely striated. Lateral fields with two closely-placed cuticular alae. Hypodermis lacking glands. Somatic setae very sparse and small, 23 pairs of cervical setae observed in few specimens. Lip region continuous with adjoining body. Lips triangular with attenuated, cuticularised inner margins surrounding the oral aperture; inner labial sensilla inconspicuous, outer labials papilliform, often indistinct in SEM due to shrunk lips. Cephalic sensilla setose, 34 µm long, anteriorly directed. Amphidial fovea round with prominent, cuticularised
<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FBB6FC34649BFC3F" box="[1043,1255,926,950]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">ductus amphidialis</emphasis>
, located middle or anterior to middle of stoma. Stoma cylindrical; cheilostom slightly arched with anterior refractive pieces, gymnostom thickly cuticularised, wide, cylindrical; stegostom slightly narrower, differentiated into anterior wider and posterior narrower region tapering at base. Pharynx comprising of anterior cylindrical corpus, a relatively undifferentiated isthmus and an ovoid, relatively weak basal bulb of 26
<date id="FF8BB18B03630445FCD3FB8463EDFBCF" box="[886,913,1070,1094]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1935-10-17" valueMax="1935-10-25" valueMin="1935-10-17">35</date>
x 1725 µm dimension with a
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FB52FB856515FBCF" box="[1271,1385,1071,1094]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">parietinus</emphasis>
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-like grinder having 810 pairs of denticulate ridges. Post-bulbar extension about 1215 µm long. Cardia obscured by post-bulbar prolongation. Nerve ring encircling pharynx at
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4751% of its length. Secretory-excretory pore slightly posterior to nerve ring, at
<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FDB1FB366253FB3A" box="[532,559,1180,1203]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">ca</emphasis>
5456% of pharyngeal length. Secretory-excretory duct cuticularised forming one and a half loop before finally connecting with renette cell. Intestine granular with wide lumen. One pair of pseudocoelomocytes present in the anterior region of intestine measuring less than corresponding body diameter in length. Rectum
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0.70.9 anal body diameter long with exceptionally wide lumen and three rectal glands.
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FF60FA806159FACA" bold="true" box="[197,293,1322,1347]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Female:</emphasis>
Reproductive system didelphic, amphidelphic compactly built; ovaries reflexed antidromously with developing oocytes. Anterior ovary on right and posterior on left side of intestine. Spermatheca absent. Uterus with smooth-shelled intra-uterine eggs of 46
<date id="FF8BB18B03630445FDC5FAD86200FA03" box="[608,636,1394,1418]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1949-10-28">49</date>
x 2834 µm dimension. Vulva nearly equatorial representing an ovoid transverse slit; vulval lips protruded; anterior vulval lip with advulval papilla. Vagina 3035% of the corresponding body diameter; with weak epiptygmata; two pairs of sphincter muscles appearing as elliptical pieces in cross section. Vulva-anus distance 264491 µm. Tail cylindrical, slightly arcuate, regularly tapering to a bluntly rounded terminus. Caudal setae five including a lateroventral pair and a lateral pair pointing downward. Terminal seta 18 25 µm anterior to tail terminus. Three linearly arranged caudal glands opening to exterior through 2 µm long spinneret.
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FF60F9C46175F90E" bold="true" box="[197,265,1646,1671]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Male:</emphasis>
Not found.
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FF60F93861B9F922" bold="true" box="[197,453,1682,1707]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Locality and habitat.</emphasis>
A sample containing
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FD63F93E633BF922" box="[710,839,1683,1707]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">P. aquatilis</emphasis>
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was collected from a pool at Nainital, Uttaranchal,
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FF60F97161CEF97A" bold="true" box="[197,434,1754,1779]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Voucher specimens.</emphasis>
Eight females on slide
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903630445FD64F976633CF97A" box="[705,832,1755,1779]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">P. aquatilis</emphasis>
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NU/ 15 deposited in the Nematode Collection, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh,
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. One female deposited at USDANC, Beltsville, MD,
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. [Two females were used for SEM study].
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A medium- to large-sized species with lip region continuous to adjoining body; lips with attenuated and cuticularised inner ends; cephalic setae forwardly directed making an acute angle with main body axis; amphidial fovea small, circular, at middle or anterior to middle level of stoma; secretory-excretory duct conspicuous with turns, pharyngeal bulb weak with
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-like grinder, vagina with weak epiptygmata and two pairs of sphincter muscles; rectum with conspicuously dilated lumen and tail spinneret simple.
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903600446FF32F8D6616FF81B" bold="true" box="[151,275,1916,1939]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903600446FEBFF8D761BAF81A" bold="true" box="[282,454,1917,1939]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Plectus aquatilis</emphasis>
Andrássy, 1985
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. A: Female, entire. B: Anterior end. C: Pharyngeal region. D: Female reproductive system. E: Caudal region.
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903610447FF32F82D616FF814" bold="true" box="[151,275,1927,1950]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9414B5903610447FEBEF82D61B4F814" bold="true" box="[283,456,1927,1949]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Plectus aquatilis</emphasis>
Andrássy, 1985
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. A:
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view. BF: Anterior end. G: Body region showing corpus-isthmus. H: Body region showing posterior pharynx. I: Vulval region (lateral). J, K: Vulval region (ventral). L: Caudal region. MO: Anal region. P: Tail terminus (Scale bar = 5 µm).
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<emphasis id="B9414B59036E0448FF60FF326145FF39" bold="true" box="[197,313,152,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9414B59036E0448FEE6FF3361BFFF39" box="[323,451,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. aquatilis</emphasis>
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is a relatively common species that has been reported (
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;
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;
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;
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;
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) primarily from aquatic habitats and occasionally from moist soil. The species has been widely reported (
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) from all the continents except
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and due to adaptive qualities, it has even been reported from the Driefontein Mine at a depth of
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(
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Borgonie
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., 2011
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). The present population, the first report of the species from
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, shows conformity to
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in most morphological and morphometric characteristics. However, some minor differences were observed. The present specimens are relatively smaller in size (
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) with a smaller stoma (2022 µm
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2426 µm). The males could not be found in the present population as also stated in the original description (
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), however, males have been described and illustrated later (
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) with three conspicuous supplements.
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most closely resembles
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Khera, 1972, among the species placed under the
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<emphasis id="B9414B59036E0448FDD9FE7662A2FE7D" box="[636,734,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">aquatilis</emphasis>
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group by
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, in most morphometric and morphological characteristics. However, one major difference observed between the two is the absence of supplements in males of
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<emphasis id="B9414B59036E0448FF5BFD8F6117FDB5" box="[254,363,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. indicus</emphasis>
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. Some other differences from
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, largely observed in the present population (comprised of females only), are the thickly cuticularised and curved cheilostomal walls; gymnostom with parallel walls; vulva a relatively shorter ovoid slit and considerably dilated rectum [
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cheilostomal walls moderately cuticularised and straight; gymnostom with arched walls; vulval slit large, narrow and rectum not dilated in
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<emphasis id="B9414B59036E0448FB11FD3B6519FD21" box="[1204,1381,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. indicus apud</emphasis>
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and
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]. The present population of
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differs from
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in having relatively larger body (
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); greater c value (7.79.6
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4.26.4); forwardly directed (
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anteriorly directed) cephalic setae; relatively larger stoma (2022 µm
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14.521.0 µm); weak (
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strong) basal bulb; relatively longer tail (73160 µm
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5087 µm); dilated (
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normal) lumen of rectum and farther placed terminal seta from tail terminus [1825 µm
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815 µm in
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]. The present population of
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further differs from
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<emphasis id="B9414B59036E0448FDD2FCC36378FC09" box="[631,772,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. magadani</emphasis>
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Kuzmin,
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in having relatively larger body (
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); wider (1114 µm
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8.510.5 µm) and continuous (
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offset) lip region; relatively larger stoma (2022 µm
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1521.5 µm); weak (
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strong) basal bulb; dilated (
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normal) lumen of rectum; relatively longer tail (73160 µm
<emphasis id="B9414B59036E0448FEDBFC7F61E9FC65" box="[382,405,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">vs</emphasis>
5492 µm) and farther placed terminal seta from tail terminus (1825 µm
<emphasis id="B9414B59036E0448FB7AFC7F648AFC65" box="[1247,1270,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">vs</emphasis>
814 µm in
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.
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