Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.1.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14240005 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F65CF147-FFB5-FFDB-FF01-F8598D88FE5E |
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Plazi |
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Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973 |
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Genus Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973 View in CoL
Diagnosis (from Warwick & Platt 1973, Smol et al. 2014, Liang et al. 2024) Tripyloididae . Cuticle with indistinct transverse striations. Lips high. Anterior sensilla in two circles: six inner labial setae large and with bulbous swellings, six outer labial setae + four small and thin cephalic setae; labial setae jointed. Amphideal fovea dorsally spiral. Buccal cavity in one part with a pointed, heavily sclerotized dorsal tooth and two less heavily sclerotized ventrosublateral onchia with rounded tip. Cardia surrounded by a sphincter. Males monorchic, testis subventrally left or right of the intestine. Precloacal supplements mamilliform.
Number of valid species: 2
Type species: Gairleanema anagremilae Warwick & Platt, 1973 .
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