CHROMADOREA Inglis, 1983

Ansari, Kapuli Gani Mohamed Thameemul, Lyla, Somasundharanair & Khan, Seyd Ajmal, 2018, New distributional records of free-living marine Nematodes from Indian waters IV. Linhomids and Axanolaimids, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4) : -

Class CHROMADOREA Inglis, 1983

Subclass PLECTIA Hodda, 2007

Superorder MONHYSTERICA Hodda, 2007

Order MONHYSTERIDA Filipjev, 1929

Suborder LINHOMOEINA Andrassy, 1974

Superfamily SIPHONOLAIMOIDEA Chitwood, 1937 (de Coninck, 1965)

Family LINHOMOEIDAE Filipjev, 1922 (Filipjev, 1934) Genus Linhomoeus Bastian, 1865

1. Linhomoeus hirsutus Bastian, 1865

Synonym: Linhomoeus buetschlii Allgen, 1929

: Sphaerocephalum crassicauda Gerlach, 1958

Material examined: Single male collected from Tammenapatanam 101-150m depth (16.12.2008).

de Man ratio: a b c

Male: 64.12 7.18 16.77

Description: Body length 2.1mm. Maximum diameter 34-37µm. Cuticle striated. Four submedian cephalic setae 14µm accompanied by much smaller, almost papilliform, setae. Cervical setae 10µm, begin just posterior to cephalic setae. Circular amphids (4µm in diameter) wide central fleck. Buccal cavity not markedly cuticularised and armed with teeth or very thick cuticular plates. Tail conical (3.6 a.b.d.). Spicules 43µm long. Gubernaculum with a dorsal apophysis ( Figure 1 ).

Figures

Figure 1. Linhomoeus hirsutus Bastian, 1865 a) entire male, b) male head, c) male tail.