Laimella Cobb, 1920 Laimella longicauda Cobb, 1920

Hong, Jung-Ho, Tchesunov, Alexei V. & Lee, Wonchoel, 2016, Revision of Cervonema Wieser, 1954 and Laimella Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Comesomatidae) with descriptions of two species from East Sea, Korea, Zootaxa 4098 (2), pp. 333-357 : 347

Genus Laimella Cobb, 1920

Diagnosis (emended from Hopper 1967; Jensen 1979; Barnes et al. 2012; Fonseca & Bezerra 2014; Rosli et al. 2014)

Sabatieriinae . Cuticle finely striated. Punctations in cuticle present or absent. Outer labial setae situated just anteriorly to cephalic setae; cephalic setae usually twice length of outer labial setae. Buccal cavity minute, three tiny teeth may be present, lumen of anterior-most part of the pharynx usually distinctly cuticularised. Amphideal fovea commonly situated just behind the cephalic setae (<1 hd), with less than 4 spiral turns. Spicule arcuate, enlarged proximally and cuticularised, usually 1–2 anal body diameters in length. Gubernacular apophyses paired, usually directed dorso-caudally. Precloacal supplements present as minute papillae or absent. Tail conicocylindrical, posterior portion elongated, cylindrical.

Type species: Laimella longicauda Cobb, 1920

List of valid species

The genus Laimella was reviewed by Jensen (1979). An emended generic diagnosis of Laimella is provided by Barnes et al. (2012), Fonseca & Bezerra (2014) and Rosli et al. (2014). According to NeMys ( Vanaverbeke et al. 2016), eleven Laimella species have been described to date.