Trochamus Boucher & De Bovée, 1971

Datta, Tridip Kumar & Al-Helal, Md. Abdullah, 2023, Review of Euchromadorinae (Nematoda: Chromadorida) with description of a new species of Trochamus Boucher & De Bovée, 1971 from the Sundarban, India, Zootaxa 5278 (3), pp. 493-510 : 498

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7906635
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scientific name	Trochamus Boucher & De Bovée, 1971
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Trochamus Boucher & De Bovée, 1971 (emended after Boucher & De Bovée 1971 and Tchesunov 2014)

Body cuticle heterogeneous and complex interlocking pattern like roof-tiles; lateral differentiation crest-like. Six outer labial and four cephalic setae arranged in one crown. Amphideal fovea small loop-shaped or poorly visible transverse slit. Buccal cavity armed with one dorsal tooth and two small subventral denticles. Spicule and gubernaculum simple without any accessory pieces. No post-cloacal modifications in male.

Type species: T. carinatus Boucher & de Bovée, 1971

List of valid species:

T. bulbosa Muthumbi & Vincx, 1998b

T. carinatus Boucher & de Bovée, 1971

T. complexus Boucher, 1976

T. polki Muthumbi & Vincx, 1998b

T. prosoporus Blome, 1985

T. timmi sp.n.