Pseudoterschellingia ibarrae

  

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Rev: 08/26/2024

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
               Sphaerolaimoidea
                 Linhomoeidae
Desmolaiminae
       Pseudoterschellingia ibarrae Armenteros, Vincx & Decraemer, 2009
Type species of the genus
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Dr. M. Armenteros PhD, University of Gent, Belgium.

PhD thesis: Ecology and Taxonomy of Free-Living Marine Nematodes from Cienfuego sBay, Caribbean Sea

Advisor: Dr. W. Decraemer,  from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.


   

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Source: Armenteros et al., 2009 
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Distribution:

Marine nematodes, described from muddy sediment Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba.

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Feeding:

Probably epistrate feeders.

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References:

Armenteros, M., Vinck, M., and Decraemer, W. 2009. Cienfuegia gen. nov. (Xyalidae) and Pseudoterschellingia gen. nov. (Linhomoeidae), two new genera of free‐living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea  Journal of Natural History 43:1067-1081.

 

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Revised: August 26, 2024.