Desmodora De Man, 1989

Larrazábal-Filho, Alexandre L., Silva, Maria Cristina Da & Esteves, André M., 2015, Four new species of free-living marine nematodes of the family Desmodoridae (Nematoda: Desmodorida) and a redescription of Desmodora nini (Inglis, 1963) from the continental shelf off northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 4021 (1), pp. 63-92 : 80

Genus Desmodora De Man, 1989 , according to Decraemer & Smol (2006)

Syn. Mastodex Steiner, 1921 ; Amphispira Cobb, 1920

Diagnosis. Body cuticle with annuli extending from pharyngeal region to non-annulated tail end, no special ornamentation or appendages. Short thin somatic setae arranged in six or eight longitudinal rows. Well-developed head capsule with differentiated lip region, and main part with thickened basal zone of cuticle and provided with amphideal fovea and subcephalic setae, when present; head capsule may be smooth or partly to entirely ornamented with small vacuoles (inner cuticle). Cephalic setae on either lip region or main part of head capsule, and inserted in front or at level of anterior edge of fovea amphidialis. Fovea amphidialis cryptospiral to multispiral (1–2 turns), loop-shaped. Buccal cavity with large dorsal tooth and two (rarely one) ventro-sublateral teeth. Cylindrical pharynx with end bulb. Tail short and conical to long and conico-cylindrical. Male monorchic; short arched spicules; pore-like pre-cloacal supplements may be present. Female didelphic-amphidelphic with reflexed ovaries ( Verschelde et al. 1998). Marine.