New free-living nematode species and records (Chromadorea: Plectida and Desmodorida) from the edge and axis of Kermadec Trench, Southwest Pacific Ocean

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Author: Daniel Leduc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021
• Subjects: New Zealand; Taxonomy; Hadal; Abyssal; Nematoda; Camacolaimidae; Medicine; R; Pacific; South Sandwich Trench; Weddell; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12037; https://doaj.org/article/35cd31f6f47a4cb7b31338317bcc30e9

One new nematode species is described and two new species records are provided from the edge (6,080 m depth) and axis (7,132 m) of Kermadec Trench, Southwest Pacific. Leptolaimus hadalis sp. nov. is characterised by medium body 587–741 μm long, labial region not offset from body contour, inconspicuo...