Published January 31, 1927 | Version v1
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Dorylaimus carteri

Description

Dorylaimus Garteri Bastian.

Locality: Near “ Sukkertoppen ” In a damp bog with Eriophorum and Sphagnum 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Near “ Sukkertoppen”. At a brook; under Salix herbacea. 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Near "Sukkertoppen”. Rather dry heath; under Cassiope hypnoides. 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Near “ Sukkertoppen ” Meadow, fortnightly overflowed by sea-water. 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Near “ Sukkertoppen ” In a spring with Sphagnum. 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Disco. ca. 50 m. above the level of the Sea. 19. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

Disco. ca. 100 m. above the level of the Sea. 19. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

Disco. Above the Arctic Station; at a brook. In moss. 19. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinbök.

Kapisigdlit (The Fjord of Godthaab). 9. 7.-24. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

Upernivik. In moss. Aug. 1926. Reisinger and Steinbök.

Upernivik. In a spring with Sphagnum. 25.8.1926. Reisinger and Steinböek.

Upernivik. ea. 100 m. above the level of the Sea. 25. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinbök.

Upernivik. The top of the island. 26. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

“ Prøven ” 28.- 31. 8.1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

Female: Length 2 mm. α = 34,3; ß = 4,1; y = 20.

Vulva 50 %.

Male: Length 2,5 mm. α = 37,5; ß = 4,3; y == 25.

Young: Length 1,6 mm. α = 33,3; ß = 4,5; y = 20.

There is no doubt that the species under consideration is very common in Greenland; it proves to be present in material from almost every station, and ca. 200 specimens in all are at hand. Males are relatively frequent; ca. twenty among hundred specimens

Notes

Published as part of Ditlevsen, Hjalmar, 1927, XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater., pp. 175-189 in Meddelelser om Gronland 22 on page 181, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10834709

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