Two new nematode species of the family Diplopeltidae Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda, Araeolaimida) from coast of Vietnam

Nguyen Vu Thanh; Nguyen Thanh Hien; Gagarin Vladimir G.

doi:10.15625/0866-7160/v34n1.663

Two new nematode species of the family Diplopeltidae Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda, Araeolaimida) from coast of Vietnam

Nguyen Vu Thanh, Nguyen Thanh Hien, Gagarin Vladimir G.

Author affiliations

Authors

Nguyen Vu Thanh Institute of Ecology and biological Resources, VAST
Nguyen Thanh Hien Institute of Ecology and biological Resources, VAST
Gagarin Vladimir G.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v34n1.663

Keywords:

Araeolaimida, Campylaimus, Diplopeltula free-living marine nematodes, new species, West Sea, coast of Vietnam

Abstract

Two new species of free-living marine nematodes from West Sea (Gulf of Siam), coast of Vietnam, were described and illustrated. Diplopeltula obesa sp. n. differs from D. indica Gerlach, 1962 by possessing shorter and thicker body, comparatively longer tail and shorter cephalic setae, Campylaimus gracilis sp. n. resemble to C. minor Timm, 1961, but differs from the later by having an another shape of amphidial fovea, another position of mouth, longer body and shorter cephalic setae.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Downloads

PDF (Tiếng Việt)

Published

31-03-2012

How to Cite

Thanh, N. V., Hien, N. T., & Vladimir G., G. (2012). Two new nematode species of the family Diplopeltidae Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda, Araeolaimida) from coast of Vietnam. Academia Journal of Biology, 34(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v34n1.663