Greeffiella Cobb, 1922

Sergeeva, Nelly G. & Revkova, Tatiana N., 2021, First finding of Greeffiella Cobb, 1922 (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida) in the Black Sea, Ecologica Montenegrina 42, pp. 96-102 : 97

Genus Greeffiella Cobb, 1922

Diagnosis (modified by Decraemer & Rho, 2014): Body cuticle annulated, annules with long hairy spines; posterior spines with thickened base; numerous hairy spines arranged either in circlets or dorso- or ventrolateral groups. Four cephalic setae in between hairy-like ornamentation. Somatic setae with desmoscolecoid arrangement; subventral setae absent in female. Ocelli may be present. Male monorchic. Paired spicules without gubernaculum. Males with or without subventral pre- and postanal papilla described as transformed somatic setae inserted on a teat-like base. The last ring elongated with or without elongated end tube in some species.

Type species: G. oxycaudata (Greeff, 1869) Cobb 1922 .