Plectus cirratus fm. parietinus subfm. latilaimus Allgén, C. A., n. sf. ...

• Main Author: Allgén, C. A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 1953
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Plectida; Plectidae; Plectus; Plectus cirratus; Plectus cirratus bast. f. parietinus mic. sf. latilaimus n. sf.; Jan Mayen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10809503; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10809503

Plectus cirratus Bast. f. parietinus Mic. sf. latilaimus n. sf. Dimensions.--Body-length= 0.721 mm., max. width = 0.0 3 3 mm., o esophagus = 0.1 6 4 mm., tail =0.073 mm., α= 21.85, β =4.40, γ,=9.88. I n the sample h'om b3 was f o u n d a female of this genus, which seems to be closely related to P. parietinus, to which it is similar in the shape of the head, provided with well=developed lips, the (esophagus h a v i n g a large bulb a n d in the tail, being short, conical, r o u n d e d a t the posterior end, with pointed t i p a n d containing three glands in the anterior half. Especially characteristic of this form is ~he very spacious buccal cavity (tube), which is twice as long as wide. I t s length is 13.11~ a n d width 6.56~. Also remarkable is the v e r y strongly developed cardia of this new form. F i n a l l y the lateral organs are s i t u a t e d at the middle of the buccal t u b e a n d consisting of a simple circular sling. ... : Published as part of Allgén, C. A., 1953, Terrestrial nematodes from Jan Mayen, pp. 665-688 in Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 (6) on page 670, DOI: 10.1080/00222935308654469, http://zenodo.org/record/10811051 ...