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Benthimermithidae Petter 1980

Description

Key to Benthimermithidae genera

1 Pharynx possessing distinct axial internal lumen over most of its length ........................................ Bathynema gen. n.

- Pharynx devoid of distinct internal lumen.................................................................................................................... 2

2 In females, numerous multicellular glands associated with oviducts present ...................... Adenodelphis Petter, 1983

- In females, multicellular glands absent on oviducts ...................................... Trophomera Rubtzov & Platonova, 1974 [= Benthimermis Petter, 1980; = Abos Rubtzov, 1980 (last revision: Miljutin 2006)]

Notes

Published as part of Miljutin, Dmitry M. & Miljutina, Maria A., 2009, Description of Bathynema nodinauti gen. n., sp. n. and four new Trophomera species (Nematoda: Benthimermithidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (Eastern Tropic Pacific), supplemented with the keys to genera and species *, pp. 173-196 in Zootaxa 2096 (1) on page 175, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/5322110

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Petter
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nematoda
Order
Benthimermithida
Family
Benthimermithidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Benthimermithidae Petter, 1980 sec. Miljutin & Miljutina, 2009

References

  • Rubtzov, I. A. & Platonova, T. A. (1974) [A new family of marine parasitic nematodes.] Zoologicheskij Zhurnal, 53, 1445 - 1458. In Russian with English summary.
  • Petter, A. - J. (1980) Une nouvelle famille de Nematodes parasites d'Invertebres marins, les Benthimermithidae. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee, 55 (2), 209 - 224.
  • Rubtzov, I. A. (1980) [The new marine parasitic nematode, Abos bathycola, from priapulids and a taxonomic position of the family Marimermithidae in the class Nematoda]. Parazitologiya, 14, 177 - 181. In Russian with English summary.
  • Miljutin, D. M. (2006) The genus Trophomera Rubtzov & Platonova, 1974 with description of T. litorali s sp. n. (Nematoda: Benthimermithidae) from the tidal zone of the Kuril Archipelago and proposal of Benthimermis Petter, 1980 as a junior synonym. Nematology, 8 (3), 411 - 423.