Bendiella Leduc, 2013

Leduc, Daniel & Zhao, Zeng Qi, 2016, Molecular characterisation of five nematode species (Chromadorida, Selachinematidae) from shelf and upper slope sediments off New Zealand, with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4132 (1), pp. 59-76 : 70

Genus Bendiella Leduc, 2013

Diagnosis. (from Leduc (2013)) Cuticle with lateral differentiation in the form of longitudinal rows of larger punctations. Outer labial sensilla and cephalic setae in one circle; cephalic setae slightly longer or of similar length to outer labial sensilla. Buccal cavity large; anterior portion of buccal cavity cylindrical to funnel-shaped, with twelve or fifteen cuticularised rhabdions, each with pointed projections at posterior extremity. Posterior buccal cavity narrower, cylindrical, surrounded by three Y-shaped pairs of rhabdions. Pre-cloacal supplements absent. Long conicocylindrical tail.