Systematic studies on the genera Leptosomatum Bastian, 1865 and Leptosomatides Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda: Leptosomatidae)

• Main Author: Bongers, A.M.T.
• Other Authors: A.F. van der Wal, A. Coomans
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Bongers 1984
• Subjects: biologische naamgeving; biological nomenclature; classificatie; classification; nematoda; taxonomie; taxonomy; Sergeeva; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/79304

Leptosomatum bacillatum, a marine nematode that occurs in high densities in the sponge Halichondria panicea, has an annual reproductive cycle at Dutch latitudes. During the period that the population has been studied, the smallest juveniles were present from July to September. Females continue growi...