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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Monhysterida

Monhysterina

Sphaerolaimoidea

                 Xyalidae

       Guitartia Armenteros, Vincx & Decraemer, 2010.

Type species of the genus: Guitartia tridentata Armenteros, Vincx & Decraemer, 2010.

Genus name in honor of the late Prof. Dr Dario Guitart of the University of Havana, Cuba, who trained several generations of marine biologists in Cuba.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Distinguishing features of the genus are:

• Body cuticle with fine transverse striation.
• Stoma narrow, cylindrical, with three long tooth-like structures appearing bifid at tips.
• Pattern of anterior sensilla 6+6+4, first circle probably papilliform but not visible by light microscopy, second and third circles of setiform anterior sensilla separate and of similar length.
•  Amphidial fovea round, relatively large (more than 50% of corresponding body diameter.
• Tail with three caudal glands and long, filiform posterior region.
• Terminal setae at tail tip absent.

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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematodes. Type species described from muddy bottom sediments at Cienfuegos Bay, Caribbean Sea.

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Feeding:

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Management:

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References:

Armenteros, M., Vincx, M., and Decraemer, W. 2010. Guitartia tridentata n. gen., n. sp. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) and Macrodontium gaspari n. gen., n. sp. (Chromadorida: Microlaimidae), free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. Nematology 12:417-427.

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Revised: August 18, 2020.