Three new free-living nematode species belonging to the genus Mudwigglus gen. n. are described from the continental slope of New Zealand. The new genus is characterised by four short cephalic setae, fovea amphidialis in the shape of an elongated loop, narrow mouth opening, small, lightly cuticularised buccal cavity, pharynx with oval-shaped basal bulb, and secretory-excretory pore (if present) ...

1 International Team, Education Programs, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, IL, USA, 2 Pediatrics, Orthopaedic Surgery, Rutgers University, Chatham, NJ, USA, 3 Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, PA, USA, 4 Pediatrics, Orthopaedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 5 Stetson Powell Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Burbank, CA

Irwin (1992) has suggested that island accessibility in the Pacific, in terms oflatitudeand safety of return voyaging, for example, affects their degree of contact with otherislands and their role in Pacific prehistory. We present results of mtDNA variationin both ancient and modern populations of the Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans), an ani-mal that was transported by humans as the...