Aponema minutissima Kovalyev & Miljutina, 2009, sp. n. ...

• Main Authors: Kovalyev, Shota V., Miljutina, Maria A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nematoda; Adenophorea; Desmodorida; Microlaimidae; Aponema; Aponema minutissima; Kandalaksha; White Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5673968; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5673968

Aponema minutissima sp. n. Table 1, Fig 3 A–D, Fig 5 A Type material. Holotype: male, slide No D–1/3. Paratypes: 3 males, slides Nos from D-1/4-1 to D-1/4-3 and 5 females, slides Nos from D-1/4-4 to D-1/4- 8. Locality. White Sea, Kandalaksha Bay, 66° 25’ N, 34° 22’ E. Depth 270 m. Collected on 27.07.1998. Other material collected on 15.10.1998, 31.05.1999, 24.11.1999. Etymology. The name minutissima means “very small”. Description. Body (fig. 3A) very small, fusiform, tapering to both ends, covered with numerous dorsolateral and ventrolateral somatic setae. Cuticle transversely striated. Cuticle striation clearly observed almost along total body. Head small, with a blunt anterior end. Amphidial fovea monospiral, almost round, large. Inner labial sensilla not found. Mouth opening surrounded by two visible crowns of sensorial organs: six setiform outer labial sensilla (length 1–1.5 μm) and four cephalic setae setae 1.5–2 μm long. Buccal cavity small with larger dorsal (up to 0.3 μm long) and two minute ... : Published as part of Kovalyev, Shota V. & Miljutina, Maria A., 2009, A review of the genus Aponema Jensen, 1978 (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) with description of three new species, pp. 56-68 in Zootaxa 2077 on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187255 ...