Penzancia terricola

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Xyalidae
       Penzancia terricola Andrassy, 1985

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Morphology and Anatomy:


 

 Females:

  
   

 

Males:  

  • Monorchic
  • Spicules with twisted edges
  • Gubernaculum with a distal triangular plate on each side.
  • Tail ventrally curved. 5.2 x cbd long with 10 pairs of subventral and 9-10 pairs of subdorsal setae
  • Short spinneret

Ref: Andrassy, 1985


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Distribution:

Marine nematodes.

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References:

Andrassy, I. 1985. A dozen new nematode species from Hungary. Opusc. Zool. Budapest XIX-XX: 3-108.

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, I (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 518p.

 

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Revised: January 06, 2024.