Nordiidae Jairajpuri & Siddiqi, 1964

Gusakov, Vladimir A. & Gagarin, Vladimir G., 2017, An annotated checklist of the main representatives of meiobenthos from inland water bodies of Central and Southern Vietnam. I. Roundworms (Nematoda), Zootaxa 4300 (1), pp. 1-43 : 26

Family Nordiidae Jairajpuri & Siddiqi, 1964

75. * Pungentella Andrássy, 2009 sp.— {23} (5, 0, 0, 0; 1)

Population structure and abundance. Two females.

Ecology and distribution. Representatives of this genus are terrestrial nematodes (edaphobionts) known from the countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America ( Andrássy 1968, 2009b). It is likely that they occur accidentally in water bodies. Not previously known from Vietnam.

Remarks. In terms of size and general body morphology, the specimens from Vietnam are closest to the species P. mahunkai ( Andrássy, 1968) Andrássy, 2009 described from Paraguay ( South America ). However, we failed to conclusively attribute them either to this or to any other known species of the genus ( Andrássy 1968, 2009b).