Cervonema Wieser, 1954

Huang, Mian, Jia, Susu & Huang, Yong, 2018, One new species and one new record of the species of the family Comesomatidae (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from the South China Sea, Zootaxa 4504 (1), pp. 119-127 : 120

Genus Cervonema Wieser, 1954

Diagnosis. Cuticle finely striated. Cervical region narrow and elongated. Outer labial and cephalic setae of equal length and slender. Amphideal fovea multispiral with 4.25–7 turns, and situated far behind the anterior end. Buccal cavity minute. Posterior end of the pharynx usually enlarged but not forming a distinct terminal bulb. Spicules short, straight or slightly curved, weakly cuticularized and commonly less than one anal diameter in length. Gubernaculum weakly developed or not observed, small dorsal or dorso-caudal apophyses may be present in some species. Pre-cloacal supplements as minute papillae or absent. Tail conico-cylindrical ( Fonseca & Bezerra, 2014; Hong et al., 2016).