Dorylaimus domusglauci, Cobb, Nathan Augustus, 1893

Cobb, Nathan Augustus, 1893, Nematodes, mostly Australian and Fijian, Zootaxa 4878 (3), pp. 294-294 : 294

7. D.domus Glauci , n.sp.

Neck conoid,— convex-conoid anteriorly; lips six, each with at least one distinct papilla; spear acute, well developed; cesophagus at first only one-fifth as wide as the corresponding part of the neck, but gradually and uniformly widening until it is at last more than half as wide as the base of the neck; rectum nearly twice as long as the anal body-diameter; pre-rectum three times the length of the rectum, tapering posteriorly; ovaries reaching two-thirds to three-fourths the way back to the vulva; eggs thickshelled, ellipsoidal, as long as the body is wide and over half as wide as long,

Hab.—Found among moss on the walls of the Casa Poeta, Pompeii, Italy. Possibly the widths given in the formula are too great.

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D.domus Glauci , n.sp.