Thalassomonhystera oxycephalata Tchesunov et Miljutina, sp. n. ...

• Main Authors: Tchesunov, Alexei V., Miljutina, Maria A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nematoda; Adenophorea; Monhysterida; Monhysteridae; Thalassomonhystera; Thalassomonhystera oxycephalata; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658416; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5658416

Thalassomonhystera oxycephalata Tchesunov et Miljutina sp. n. Table 1, Figs 3, 4 Material. One holotype male, four paratype males and two paratype females. The slides are deposited in the nematode collection of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Type locality. Arctic Ocean, area between Greenland and Svalbard, 79°8.2'N & 02°53.6'E, depth 5569 m (Molloy Deep), silt, 16 August, 2000. Etymology. The name oxycephalata reflects a narrowing cephalic end. Description. Body slender, elongate spindle­shaped. Cuticle smooth. Cephalic end narrowed. Labial region set off slightly. Mouth opening surrounded with six small lips. Labial papillae not discernible. The outer labial setae and cephalic setae are jointed in one circle of ten equal tiny setae approximately 1.5 µm long. Amphid at a considerable distance from the head apex, well posterior to the stoma ending. Amphid large, circular to slightly longitudinally oval, with fine but distinct cuticular edging, very fine ... : Published as part of Tchesunov, Alexei V. & Miljutina, Maria A., 2005, Three new minute nematode species of the superfamily Monhysteroidea from Arctic Abyss, pp. 19-32 in Zootaxa 1051 on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.169981 ...