Hopperia Vitiello, 1969

Leduc, Daniel, 2012, Deep-sea nematodes (Comesomatidae) from the Southwest Pacific Ocean: five new species and three new species records, European Journal of Taxonomy 24, pp. 1-42 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2012.24
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3858977
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scientific name	Hopperia Vitiello, 1969
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Genus Hopperia Vitiello, 1969

Diagnosis (modified from Jensen (1979))

Dorylaimopsinae . Cuticle with lateral differentiation of irregularly-spaced larger dots, sometimes arranged in transverse rows; posterior portion of buccal cavity cylindrical, with three thorn-like teeth at border to anterior portion (except in H. hexadentata Hope & Zhang, 1995 which has six teeth); ovaries usually outstretched, reflexed ovaries sometimes present; spicules arcuate; gubernaculum with caudal or dorso-caudal apophyses.

Type species

Hopperia massiliensis Vitiello, 1969