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Aponema Jensen 1978

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Description

Genus Aponema Jensen, 1978

Diagnosis. (Tchesunov, 2014) Microlaimidae. Cuticle finely striated. Pharynx with thick cuticular internal lining of posterior bulb. One or two testes. Copulatory structures strongly sclerotized, gubernaculum with dorso-caudal apophyses.

Type species: Aponema torosum (Lorenzen 1973) Jensen 1978

Notes

Published as part of Revkova, Tatiana N., 2017, Two new species of free-living nematodes genera Microlaimus de Man, 1880 and Aponema Jensen, 1978 (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) from the Black Sea, pp. 387-394 in Zootaxa 4344 (2) on page 388, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.13, http://zenodo.org/record/1043008

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Jensen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nematoda
Order
Desmodorida
Family
Microlaimidae
Genus
Aponema
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Aponema Jensen, 1978 sec. Revkova, 2017

References

  • Tchesunov, A. V. (2014) Order Desmodorida De Coninck, 1965. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Fol. 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Hamburg, pp. 399 - 434.