Sabatieria punctata (Kreis, 1924)

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 : 296-297

30. Sabatieria punctata (Kreis, 1924)

1924. Parasabatieria punctata Kreis. Busum. 2: 157-170.

Material examined: 11 ♂, (Reg. No. N. 369), Mangamaripeta, 3.iv.2016, Coll. G. Sivaleela.

Distribution: Continental shelf of Southwestern Bay of Bengal ( Ansari et al., 2012); Continental shelf of Andhra sensilla and four sub-cephalic setae. Amphid positioned far forward on the head. Tail conico-cylindrical.

Description: Body length is 1.4mm. Maximum diameter of body is 35 µm. Cuticle transversely striated. Four cephalic setae of 3 µm in length. Four 4 µm sub cephalic setae is situated on either side of amphid. Amphids are 8µm in wide. Buccal cavity is absent. Oesophagus with posterior bulb and long cardia. Tail is 10 a.b.d long with filiform tip. Spicules are 47 µm as curved. Gubernaculum is 20 µm dorsal apophysis.

Distribution: Andaman Island (Chatturjee & Kitto, 2019). Elsewhere: Long Island Sound, Florida, Kiel Bay, North Sea, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, Maldives, Bay of Bengal, Australia, British Isles, Essex, Exe, Tamar and Fal estuaries, Skippers Island, Northumberland coast and British Isles ( Warwick et al., 1998).

Remarks: The material is examined conforms well to the earlier description of the species of Warwick et al., 1998 by its nature of cuticle, length of cephalic setae, and long filiform tail (10-17 a.b.d) length.