Rev: 11/22/2022
Type speciesof the genus: Boucherius. spinosus (Gerlach, 1956) Decraemer & Jensen, 1981.
Synonyms:
Cuticle finely annulated, each ring with a transverse row of fine spines.
Somatic setae sparse, mainly in oesophagus and in tail region.
Head truncated, not offset, with four cephalic setae at its base.
Amphids large vesicular, posterior to insertion of cephalic setae, one to two head-widths for anterior end.
Stoma short, unarmed.
Esophagus anteriorly muscular, posteriorly with large overlapping dorsal gland.
Pseudocoelomocytes present.
Female reproductive system didelphic-amphidelphic with reflexed ovaries.
Male with two testes ; spicules arched ; gubernaculum with apophysis.
Tail with two well-developed dorsal glands and a spinneret.
Ref: Decraemer and Jensen, 1982
Free-living marine nematodes
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Shirayama, Y. and Hope. W.D. 1992. Cephalic tubercles: a new character useful for the taxonomy of Desmoscolecida (Nematoda). Trans. Am. Microscop. Assoc: 111:211-222..