Published August 9, 2021 | Version v1
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Paracomesoma Schuurmans Stekhoven 1950

  • 1. Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China & Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
  • 2. Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China & Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China & Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
  • 3. Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 4. Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China & Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China & Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China

Description

Genus Paracomesoma Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950

Diagnosis. (Modified from Huang & Huang (2018)) Multispiral amphideal fovea with 2-3 turns. Six outer labial sensilla may be unequal in length. Cuticle with transverse striations or punctuations. Lateral differentiation present or absent. Anterior sensilla in three distinctly separated circles. Posterior portion of the buccal cavity cylindrical, with sclerotized walls and provided with three or six thorn-like projections at the border of the anterior portion. Spicules long and slender. Gubernaculum plate-like without dorsal apophysis. Precloacal supplements present.

Notes

Published as part of Huang, Mian, Shi, Benze, Wang, Chunguang & Xu, Kuidong, 2021, Two new species of nematodes from shallow and deep-water sediments in the South China Sea, pp. 490-502 in Zootaxa 5016 (4) on page 496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5222467

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References

  • Huang, M. & Huang, Y. (2018) Two new species of Comesomatidae (Nematoda) from the East China Sea. Zootaxa, 4407 (4), 573. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4407.4.9