Amphimonhystera

Tchesunov, Alexei V. & Mokievsky, Vadim O., 2005, A review of the enus Amphimonhystera Allgén, 1929 (Monhysterida: Xyalidae, Marine Freeliving Nematodes) with description of three new species, Zootaxa 1052, pp. 1-20 : 4

List of Amphimonhystera species

1. Amphimonhystera anechma ( Southern, 1914) .

Literature and synonymy: Southern, 1914: 13–14, pl. III, Figs 7 A–F ( Monohystera a.), Ireland; Allgén, 1928: 298–299 ( Monhystera a.), west coast of Sweden. Gerlach, 1958: 81, Kiel Bay; Riemann, 1967: 218–222, Abb. 1–7, North Sea; Lorenzen, 1974: 313; North Sea and Lorenzen, 1977: 203–205, Abb. 2 a–f; North Sea. Own data: White Sea.

2. Amphimonhystera circula Guo et Warwick, 2001 . Females not described. Literature: Guo & Warwick, 2001: 1579–1581, Fig. 3 , Bohai Sea, China, depth 20.5–38.5 m, silt.

3. Amphimonhystera galea Fadeeva, 1984 . Females not described. Literature: Fadeeva, 1984: 46–48, Figs 2 B, 3, 3B, Japan Sea, now White Sea.

4. Amphimonhystera marisalbi sp. n. White Sea, this study.

5. Amphimonhystera molloyensis sp. n. Arctic Ocean, area between Greenland and Svalbard, deep sea, this study.

6. Amphimonhystera pallida sp. n. Arctic Ocean, area between Greenland and Svalbard, deep sea, this study.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Amphimonhystera galea Fadeeva, 1984. (A) male 1, cephalic end; (B) male 1, entire; (C) male 1, tail region; (D) and (E) spicules of males 1 and 2. Scale bars: (A) 100 µ m; (B) 10 µ m; (C) 20 µ m; (D) & (E) 10 µ m.

FIGURE 3. Amphimonhystera marisalbi sp. n. (A) male 2 (paratype), entire; (B) female 1 (paratype), entire; (C) male 1 (holotype), cephalic end; (D) female 1 (paratype), cephalic end; (E) male 2 (paratype), posterior body; (F) male 1 (holotype), spicules; (G) male 2 (paratype), spicules; (H) female 1 (paratype), tail tip. Scale bars: (A) & (B) 100 µ m; (C) – (H) 10 µ m.

FIGURE 7. Amphimonhystera pallida. (A) male 1 (holotype), entire; (B) male 1 (holotype), esophageal region; (C) male 1 (holotype), cephalic end; (D) male 2 (paratype), tail; (E) male 1 (holotype), spicule; (F) female 1 (paratype), entire; (G) female 1 (paratype), anterior end. Scale bars: (A), (B), (D) & (F) 100 µ m; (C), (E) & (G) 10 µ m.