Three new minute nematode species of the superfamily Monhysteroidea from Arctic Abyss

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: TCHESUNOV, ALEXEI V., MILJUTINA, MARIA A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2005
• Subjects: Nematoda; Amphimonhystrella; deep sea biodiversity; descriptions; marine nematodes; Monhysteridae; taxonomy; Thalassomonhystera; Xyalidae; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Molloy; Molloy Deep; Fram Strait
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1051.1.2; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1051.1.2

Three new nematode species of the superfamily Monhysteroidea were found in the Molloy Deep (Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean) at depths of > 5000 m. Amphimonhystrella bullacauda sp. n. (Xyalidae) is similar to A. unita Lorenzen 1977 but differs from it by having longer cephalic setae (1.5–3.5 versus 1.0...