Rev 11/29/2022
Spinocephalus Abolafia, Hosseinvand, & Eskandari, 2021.
Type species of the genus: - Spinocephalus tessellatus Abolafia, Hosseinvand, & Eskandari, 2021.
Characteristics of the genus:
Cuticle tesselate, lateral field with two tessellated wings.
Lip region with six triangular lips bearing two thorn-like conoid-elongate processes (labial probolae?) at primary axils and one thorn-like process at secondary axils bearing a small rounded protuberance fused at oral plate with triradiate symmetry,
Oral opening surrounded by a hexagonal margin,
Amphids large and clearly rounded to slightly oval,
Stoma cephaloboid with cheilostom bearing minute and rounded rhabdia.
Pharynx cephaloboid with corpus subcylindrical and isthmus very long.
Nerve ring and excre tory pore at isthmus level.
The genus name refers to the conoid thorn-like probolae on the lip region.
Female
Female monodelphic-prodelphic with spermatheca well developed and post-vulval uterine sac poorly developed.
Female tail conoid with rounded terminus.
Male
Monorchic
Sspicules paired and symmetrical
Ggubernaculum well-developed.
Male tail conical and ventrally curved with rounded terminus
Ref: Abolafia et al., 2021
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Bacteria
Abolafia, J., Hosseinvand, M. and Eskandari, A.. 2021. Description of Spinocephalus tessellatus n. gen., n. sp. (Rhabditida, Cephalobidae) from Iran, a nematode with a new morphological pattern at lip region. Journal of Nematology, 53:1-16. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-078