Two new species of epsilonema from South indopacific (nemata, epsilonematidae).

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  • N Gourbault
  • W Decraemer
چکیده

Two new species of Epsilonema are described from coral sand from Polynesia and New Caledonia. Epsilonema exoticum, with ca. 131 annules, is characterized by heterogeneous vacuolar ornamentation, small amphid, and male with small field of tiny copulatory thorns. Epsilonema enigmaticum, with ca. 168 annules and small vacuoles and ridges on the cuticle, differs from all other species of the genus by the number (10-16) of subcephalic setae.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of nematology

دوره 26 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994