Leptolaimus papilliger de Man, 1876

Sivaleela, Gunasekaran, Surendar, Chandra & Kumar, Rubavath Rajendar, 2021, Free-living marine nematodes in Andhra Pradesh Coast, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (2), pp. 283-301 : 299

43. Leptolaimus papilliger de Man, 1876 *

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1876. Leptolaimus papilliger de Man, Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen., 2: 169-170.

Material examined: 2♂,(Reg.No.N.210),Krishnapatinam,

30.vii.2014, Coll. G. Sivaleela.

Diagnostic characters: This species is characterized by the presence of a long buccal cavity, tubular and cuticularized amphids and tubular precloacal supplements.

Description: Body length 0.5mm. Maximum diameter 15 µm. Cuticle with longitudinal un-striated lines and four sub ventral files of setae. Cephalic setae 3.3.-5 µm long. Buccal cavity is small and tapering. Oesophagus is cylindrical (124-148 µm). Tail is conico-cylindrical (4 a.b.d). Spicules are 15-19 µm wide and arcuate. Gubernaculum with a pointed dorsal apophysis.

Distribution: Continental shelf of southwest Bay of Bengal ( Ansari et al., 2012). Elsewhere: Exe estuary, South-west England, Strangford Lough.

Remarks: This species examined well with the earlier description of Platt & Warwick (1988) by its long buccal cavity. The length of the described specimen and the present specimen is the same.