Platycominae Platonova 1976
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Description
Subfamily Platycominae Platonova 1976
Description (from Platonova 1976). Body long, tapering little toward both ends. Some forms with well-developed labial cuticular outgrowths and long cephalic setae. Cervical setae numerous and situated in clusters or transverse rows. Amphids usually large and often sexually dimorphic: amphids significantly larger or more complex in males than in females. Renette cell not developed. Nerve ring situated at approximately mid-length of esophagus. Tail rather short and wide, often pointed at end. Spicules usually small or reduced; gubernaculum highly developed. Additional copulatory armature always present and represented by one to two papillate accessory organs. Postanal papillae with setae may also be present.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Leptosomatidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Enoplida
- Phylum
- Nematoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Platonova
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platycominae Platonova, 1976 sec. Chen, 2015
References
- Platonova, T. A. (1976) Lower Enoplida of the seas of the Soviet Union. In: Platonova, T. A. & Gal'tsova, V. V. (Eds.), Nematodes and their role in the meiobenthos. Studies on Marine Fauna, 15 (23), pp. 1 - 214. [Nauka, Leningrad]