Adoncholaimus thalassophygas (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 : 285

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/151251

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scientific name

Adoncholaimus thalassophygas (de Man, 1876)
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4. Adoncholaimus thalassophygas (de Man, 1876) View in CoL

Filipjev, 1918

1876. Oncholaimus thalassophygas de Man, Vereen. 2: 181.

Material examined: 2♀ (Reg.No. N.344), Mangamaripeta,

3.iv.2016, Coll. G. Sivaleela.

Diagnostic characters: This is characterized by the presence of long spicule in the male. Size is smaller than A. fuscus .

Distribution: Andhra Coast ( Ghosh & Mandal, 2016), Kalba Devi Ratnagiri. (Ingole, 2011), Cochin mangroves. (Chinnadurai & Oliva Fernando, 2006c). Elsewhere: UK coast- Blythe estuary, Skippers Island, Exe estuary, Loch Etive, Scotland.

Remarks: The specimens examined well to the description of Platt & Warwick, 1983 in the Cephalic papillae and buccal teeth as in A. fuscus & amphids length differ from A. fuscus 0.3 times c.d wide. Excretory pore 1.4 buccal cavity length from anterior. Tail 3 a.b.d and tapered.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Nematoda

Class

Enoplea

Order

Enoplida

Family

Oncholaimidae

Genus

Adoncholaimus

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