Neochromadora poecilosomoides Filipjev, 1918

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 : 288-289

13. Neochromadora poecilosomoides Filipjev, 1918

1918. Chromadora poecilosomoides Filipjev. Trans. Zool. Lab. Biol. of the Russian academy of Science. Series.1.no.4.

1988. Neochromadora poecilosomoides Platt and Warwick. Synopses of the British Fauna No.38. P.179, Figure77.

Material examined: 7 ♂ & 2 ♀, (Reg. No. N.327), Coringa,

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

Diagnostic characters: This species distinguished by the presence of heterogeneous cuticle. Cuticle with two or three longitudinal files of dots.

Distribution: Andhra Pradesh – Harbour region ( Ansari et al., 2016); Continental shelf of South-Western Bay of Bengal ( Ansari et al., 2012); Chilka lagoon (Ansari et al., 2015); www.biosearch.in Elsewhere: Isles of Scilly, Plymouth, South-west England.

Remarks: This species resembles with Platt & Warwick (1983) description by its cuticular structure with lateral punctation through the length of the body. It differs in other species.