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Prochaetosomatinae

Description

Subfamily Prochaetosomatinae Allen & Noffsinger, 1978

(syn. Cygnonematinae Allen & Noffsinger, 1978; Dracognominae Allen & Noffsinger, 1978; Notochaetosomatinae Allen & Noffsinger, 1978)

Diagnosis (emend. after Lorenzen 1994; Allen & Noffsinger 1978; Decraemer et al. 1997): Draconematidae. Pharyngeal body region swelling slight or not present. Pharynx without median narrowing (except for Dracognomus). Buccal cavity small to moderately developed, with unclear to conspicuous dorsal tooth.

Type genus: Prochaetosoma Micoletzky, 1922.

Notes

Published as part of Fedyaeva, Maria A., Neretina, Tatjana V., Konovalova, Olga P. & Tchesunov, Alexei V., 2016, Two known and one new species of Draconematidae and Epsilonematidae (Nematoda, Desmodorida) from the White Sea, North Russia, pp. 383-411 in Zootaxa 4121 (4) on page 392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/265069

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Biodiversity

Family
Draconematidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Desmodorida
Phylum
Nematoda
Taxon rank
subFamily

References

  • Allen, M. W. & Noffsinger, E. M. (1978) A revision of the marine nematodes of the superfamily Draconematoidea Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda: Draconematina). University of California, Publicatious in Zoology, 109, 133 pp. Allgen, C. (1932) Weitere Beitrage zur Kenntnis der marinen Nematodenfauna der Campbellinsel. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, 70, 97 - 198.
  • Lorenzen, S. (1994) Phylogenetic systematics of nematodes. The Ray Society, London, 254 pp.
  • Decraemer, W., Gourbault, N. & Backeljau, T. (1997) Marine nematodes of the family Draconematidae (Nemata): a synthesis with phylogenetic relationships. Hydrobiologia, 357, 185 - 202. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1003155424665
  • Micoletzky, H. (1922) Die freilebenden Erdnematoden. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 87 A, 1 - 650.