Daptonema procerum Gerlach, 1951

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 : 297

34. Daptonema procerum Gerlach, 1951

1951. Daptonema procerum Gerlach Zool. Jb. (Syst), 80: 379-406.

Material examined: 4♂, (Reg. No. N. 261), Chirala,

24.vi.2014, Coll. G. Sivaleela.

Diagnostic characters: This species characterized by the presence of conico-cylindrical with terminal setae. The size is smaller than other species of Daptonema .

Distribution: Continental shelf of Andhra ( Bhanu et al., 2017); Continental shelf of Southwestern Bay of Bengal ( Ansari et al., 2012); intertidal regions of Central West Coast of India ( Bhadury et al., 2015). Elsewhere: Exe, Tamar and Fal estuaries, Southwest England.

Remarks: The species is resembled well the earlier description of Warwick et al. (1998) by its short terminal setae and cephalic setae length. Cuticle was transversely striated.