Published June 11, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article Restricted

Description of two new species of Haliplectus Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda, Plectida, Haliplectidae) from mangrove areas of Sandspit backwater, Karachi, Pakistan

  • 1. Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
  • 2. Ghent University, Department of Biology, Belgium
  • 3. National Nematological Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan

Description

Waheed, Samina, Decraemer, Wilfrida, Kazi, Nasira, Tariq, Rajput Muhammed, Iqbal, Erum (2024): Description of two new species of Haliplectus Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda, Plectida, Haliplectidae) from mangrove areas of Sandspit backwater, Karachi, Pakistan. Zootaxa 5468 (1): 154-166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.1.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.1.6

Files

Restricted

The record is publicly accessible, but files are restricted to users with access.

Linked records

Additional details

References

  • Andrassy, I. (1973) Nematoden aus strand-und hohlenbiotopen von Kuba. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae,
  • 19 (3-4), 233-270. Blome, D. (1982) Systematik der Nematoda eines Sandstrandes der Nordseeinsel Sylt. Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens, 86, 1-
  • 194. Chitwood, B.G. (1951) North American marine nematodes. The Texas Journal of Science, 3, 617-672. Chitwood, B.G. (1956) A revision of the genus Haliplectus Cobb, 1913. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 23 (1), 78-87.
  • Cobb, N.A. (1913) New Nematode genera found inhabiting fresh water and non-brackish soils. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 3 (16), 432-444. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.20323
  • Cobb, N.A. (1918) Estimating the nema population of soil. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Technical Circular, 1, 1-47.
  • Coles, J.W. (1965) Two new species of marine nematodes from the British coast. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13, 8 (86), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936508651540
  • De Coninck, L.A.P. (1943) Sur quelques especes nouvelles de nematodes libres des eaux et des terres saumatres de l'Islande. Biologisch Jaarboek, 10, 193-220.
  • Gadea, E. (1973) Sobre la filogenia interna de los Nematodos. Publicacion del Instituto de Biologia Aplicada, 54, 87-92.
  • Gerlach, S.A. (1950) Uber einige Nematoden aus der Familie der Desmodoriden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 145, 178-198.
  • Gerlach, S.A. (1957) Marine Nematoden aus dem Mangrove-Gebiet von Cananeia (Brasilianische Meeres-Nematoden III). Abhandlungen der Mathemathik-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur, Mainz, 5, 129-176.
  • Gerlach, S.A. (1963) Die Gattung Haliplectus (Chromadorida, Leptolaimidae), zugleich ein Beitrag zur Morphologie und Phylogenie der Nematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 171, 96-113.
  • Gerlach, S.A. (1967) Freilebende Meeres-Nematoden von den Sarso-Inseln (Rotes Meer): 3. Beitrag der Arbeitsgruppe Litoralforschung. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse, Reihe D, Biologie, 2, 19-43.
  • Gharahkhani, A., Pourjam, E., Leduc, D. & Pedram, M. (2022) The nematode genus Haliplectus Cobb, 1913 (Chromadorea: Haliplectidae): phylogenetic relationships, description of a new species from the Persian Gulf, southern Iran, and a tabular key to valid species. Nematology, 24 (6), 639-655. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10153
  • Heyns, J. & Swart, A. (1993) Studies on Haliplectus Cobb, 1913. New and known species from Seychelles (Nematoda: Haliplectidae). Fundamental and applied Nematology, 16 (3), 199-209.
  • Holovachov, O. (2014) Order Plectida Gadea, 1973. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, and Gnathifera. Vol. 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 487-535. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110274257.487
  • Hope, W.D. (1971) The current status of the systematics of marine nematodes. In: Hulings, N.C. (Ed), Proceedings of the first International Conference on Meiofauna. Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology, No. 76, pp. 33-36.
  • Hopper, B.E. (1969) Marine nematodes of Canada. II. Marine nematodes from the Minas Basin-Scots Bay area of the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 47 (4), 671-690. https://doi.org/10.1139/z69-114
  • Nasira, K. & Shahina, F. (2007) Free-living marine nematodes from Arabian Sea: a review. Pakistan Journal of Nematology, 25 (2), 223-280.
  • Nasira, K. & Shahina, F. (2012) Marine nematode fauna from mangrove areas of Pakistan. International Journal of Phycology and Phycochemistry, 8 (2), 213-218.
  • Nasira, K. & Turpeenniemi, T.A. (2004) Haliplectus dorsalis Cobb in Chitwood, 1956 and Spilophorella candida Gerlach, 1951 (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from Arabian sea of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Nematology, 22 (1), 17-23.
  • Nasira, K., Shahina, F., Kamran, M. & Ali, R. (2010) Free-living marine nematodes of sandspit backwater mangrove area, Karachi. Pakistan Journal of Nematol ogy, 28 (1), 149-151.
  • Nemys eds. (2024) Nemys: World database of nematodes. Haliplectus Cobb, 1913. Available from: https://nemys.ugent.be/ aphia.php?p=txdetails&id=2391 (accessed 23 February 2024)
  • Pastor de Ward, C.T. (1984) Nematodes marinos de la Ria Deseado (Leptolaimina Leptolaimidae, Haliplectidae) Santa Cruz, Argentina. Physis A, 42 (103), 87-92.
  • Platt, H.M. & Warwick, R.M. (1980) Significance of free-living nematodes to the littoral ecosystem. In: Price, J.H., Irvine, D.E.G. & Farnham, W.F. (Eds.), The shore environment, Vol. 2. Ecosystem. Academic Press, London, pp. 729-759.
  • Saifullah, S.M. (2005) Utilization of mangrove resources in Pakistan. In: Rabbani, M.M., Tabrez, A.R. & Khan, T.M.A. (eds), Utilization of marine resources. Islamic Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization and (Morocco) N.I.O., City Press, Karachi, pp. 147-157.
  • Schulz, E. (1934-1935) Die Tierwelt des Kuestengrundwassers bei Schilksee (Keiler Bucht), IV: Nematoden aus dem Kustengrundwasser. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins fur Schleswig-Holstein, 2 0 (2), 435-467.
  • Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1943) Freilebende marine Nematoden des Mittelmeeres. IV. Freilebende marine Nematoden der Fischereigrunde bei Alexandrien. Zoologische Jahrbucher Jena, Systematik, 76 (4), 323-378.
  • Seinhorst, J.W. (1959) A rapid method for the transfer of nematodes from fixative to anhydrous glycerin. Nematologica, 4 (1), 67-69. https://doi.org/10.1163/187529259X00381
  • Shahina, F., Siddiqi, M.R. & Nasira, K. (2014) Six new species of Haliplectus Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda: Haliplectidae) from mangroves of Karachi, Pakistan. International Journal of Nematology, 24 (1), 68-80.
  • Shekhawat, M.S. & Dixit, A.K. (2005) Mangroves can save us from Tsunami. Agrobios Newsletter, 4, 57-59.
  • Siddiqi, M.R. (2012) Descriptions of Geohaliplectus andrassyi gen. n., sp. n., Haliplectus bruneiensis sp. n. (Nematoda:
  • Swart, A., Heyns, J. & Furstenberg, J.P. (1992) Studies on Haliplectus Cobb, 1913. Description of Haliplectus algoensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Haliplectidae, Suborder Leptolaimina). South African Journal of Zoology, 27 (2), 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1992.11448260
  • Vinciguerra, M.T. & Zullini, A. (1980) New or rare species of nematodes from Italian sand dunes. Animalia, 7 (1/3), 29-44.
  • Warwick, R.M., Platt, H.M. & Somerfield, P.J. (1998) Free living marine nematodes. Part III, Monohysterids. In: Barnes, R.S.K. & Crothers, J.H. (Eds.), Synopses of the British Fauna. New Series. No. 53. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury, pp. 296.
  • Yeates, G.W. (1967) Studies on nematodes from dune sands. 2. Araeolaimida. New Zealand Journal of Science, 10 (1), 287- 298.
  • Zhou, R., Chen, Y., Shih, Y. & Guo, Y. (2022) Two new free-living marine nematode species of the genus Haliplectus Cobb, 1913 (Haliplectidae) from mangroves of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10 (11), 1694. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10111694