Proplatycoma tsukubae

 

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Classification:

 
Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Ironina
                Ironoidea
                Leptosomatidae
         Platycominae

Proplatycoma tsukubae Shimada & Kakui, 2020

Synonyms:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • .Vulva at 68% of body length

Ref: Shimada and Kakui, 2020
 

Males:  

  • Spicules long (1.5 x cbd) spicules with uniquely-haped accessory structures that are constricted in the middle and tapering to both ends
  • Gubernaculum with long dorso-caudal apophyses equal to the accessory structure length,
  • Precloacal ventromedian supplements (two): the anterior with a papilliform sensillum, the posterior with a pair of ventrolateral setae
  • Postcloacal ventrolateral supplements present

 

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

 
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Distribution:

Free-living marine nematode. Proplatycoma tsukubae collected from sea-floor sediments at a depth of 117-202 m off the coast of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Feeding:

 

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

 
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References:

Shimada, D., Kakui, K. 2020. A New Species of Free-living Marine Nematode, Proplatycoma tsukubae sp. nov. (Enoplida: Leptosomatidae), from Japan. Species Diversity 25: 205-211.

 

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Revised: June 30, 2026.