Paracomesoma Hope & Murphy 1972

Riera, Rodrigo, Núñez, Jorge & Brito, María Del Carmen, 2006, Two new species of Comesomatidae Filipjev, 1922 (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from sandy bottoms of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Zootaxa 1126, pp. 53-61 : 54

Genus Paracomesoma Hope & Murphy 1972

Type species. Paracomesoma dubium (Filipjev, 1918) .

Cuticle with transverse striations or punctations, sometimes difficult to discern. Lateral differentiation lacking. Buccal cavity with three small triangular teeth. Spicules narrow and slender, not jointed. Gubernaculum small, sometimes inconspicuous, and without apophysis. Males with two opposed testes and females with two outstretched ovaries.

Up to now, the genus Paracomesoma comprises 6 species: P. dubium (Filipjev, 1918) , P. hexasetosum (Chitwood, 1937) , P. inaequale Jensen & Gerlach, 1977 , P. longispiculum (Timm, 1961) , P. quadrisetosum (Chitwood, 1937) and P. s i p h o (Gerlach, 1956).