Plectus acuminatus Bastian 1865

Plectus acuminatus Bastian, 1865. Dimensions of 16 females: L = 0.58 -0.75 mm; a = 19 -26; b = 3.9 -4.3; c = 7.4-9.2; V = 9 - 1247- 504- 13. The amphids measure 2.5;x or 20-25 % of corresponding body diameter. The tail measures 4.6-5.7 anal body widths. The body is curved strongly to the ventral sid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: P. A. A. LOOF
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1971
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Plectida
Plectidae
Plectus
Plectus acuminatus
Spitzbergen
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/8152870
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8152870
Description
Summary:Plectus acuminatus Bastian, 1865. Dimensions of 16 females: L = 0.58 -0.75 mm; a = 19 -26; b = 3.9 -4.3; c = 7.4-9.2; V = 9 - 1247- 504- 13. The amphids measure 2.5;x or 20-25 % of corresponding body diameter. The tail measures 4.6-5.7 anal body widths. The body is curved strongly to the ventral side in death, sometimes into half a circle or more. By this feature this species can be distinguished from large specimens of P.parvus. Samples 3, 4, 16, 19, 25, 38, 40, 57/58 and 67. 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 47, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.8152982

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