Microlaimus de Man, 1880

Miljutin, Dmitry M. & Miljutina, Maria A., 2009, Deep-sea nematodes of the family Microlaimidae from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (North-Eastern Tropic Pacific), with the descriptions of three new species *, Zootaxa 2096 (1), pp. 137-172 : 151

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.11
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scientific name	Microlaimus de Man, 1880
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= Microlaimoides Hoeppli, 1926 , op. Andrassy (1960); = Paracothonolaimus Schulz, 1932 , op. Schuurmans-Stekhoven & De Coninck (1933).

Generic diagnosis: Microlaimidae . Stoma with dorsal and pair of subventral teeth, without numerous subventral denticles. Cephalic sensilla longer or approximately equal to outer labial sensilla and being more than 1/3 of c.b.d. distance from latter. Cuticle usually annulated, rarely optically smooth. Amphid usually monospiral and rounded, rarely with several turns. Testes usually paired, opposed, outstretched. Ovaries paired, outstretched. Caudal glands possessing a common terminal outlet.