Prismatolaimus primitivus A..L O O F 1971, n.sp. ...

• Main Author: P. A. A. LOOF
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 1971
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Plectida; Aphanolaimidae; Prismatolaimus; Prismatolaimus primitivus; Spitzbergen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8152913; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.8152913

Prismatolaimus primitivus n.sp. (Fig. 18). Dimensions: Females (n = 5): L = 0.51 - 0.74 mm; a = 42 -51; b = 3.6 -4.4; c = 3.0-4.0; V = * - 943-446- 9. Female, holotype: L = 0.53 mm; a = 46; b = 3.9; c = 3.3; V = 7436. Cuticular annulation not very conspicuous, best visible on the proximal part of the tail. Width of head at level of middle of stoma 6-7 jx. Body width at base of oesophagus 1.4-1.6 X width ofhead. The amphids open through a transverse slit located 23 -28 |x or 3.3 - 3.8 head widths from the anterior end. Buccal cavity 7;x deep, slightly more than twice as deep as wide. Around the vestibule there are six cephalic setae measuring 3.0 - 3.6 fx. Four slender subcephalic setae are placed distinctly behind the cephalic ones (2 fx behind them, at level of middle of stoma). Vulva transverse, inconspicuous. Gonads paired, opposed, generally asymmetrically developed. Dimensions of two itra-uterine eggs: 48 x 10;x and 74 x 13 \x. Length of tail equal to 15-25 anal body widths. Holotype: Female on slide WT ... : Published as part of P. A. A. LOOF, 1971, FREELIVING AND PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES FROM SPITZBERGEN, COLLECTED BY MR. H. VAN ROSSEN, pp. 1-86 in Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 71 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8152982 ...