Algoanema Heyns & Furstenberg, 1987

Venekey, Virag, Gheller, Paula F., Kandratavicius, Noelia, Cunha, Beatriz Pereira, Vilas-Boas, Ana Carolina, Fonseca, Gustavo & Maria, Tatiana F., 2019, The state of the art of Chromadoridae (Nematoda, Chromadorida): a historical review, diagnoses and comments about valid and dubious genera and a list of valid species, Zootaxa 4578 (1), pp. 1-67 : 51

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4578.1.1

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scientific name

Algoanema Heyns & Furstenberg, 1987
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Genus Algoanema Heyns & Furstenberg, 1987 View in CoL

The genus Algoanema was described by Heyns & Furstenberg (1987) with A. aestuariense , found in South Africa. According to Heyns & Furstenberg (1987) Algoanema is close to Ptycholaimellus and Spilophorella in the structure of buccal cavity (with S-shaped dorsal tooth), pharynx and absence of precloacal supplements, but differs from them in not presenting lateral differentiation of the cuticle. There is no mention of Algoanema in the recent review of Tchesunov (2014) and we did not find any other reference or discussion about the status of Algoanema apart from the original description. In our opinion the structure of buccal cavity with the strong S-shaped dorsal tooth is a very remarkable character of Ptycholaimellus and Spilophorella and the difference in the cuticle is not sufficient to separate Algoanema from these genera. Algoanema is probably a junior synonym of either Ptycholaimellus or Spilophorella but until further studies and examination of the type species we prefer to consider it as a dubious genus.

Genus Algoanema Heyns & Furstenberg, 1987 View in CoL

1. Algoanema aestuariense Heyns & Furstenberg, 1987 View in CoL (Port Elizabeth, South Africa)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Nematoda

Class

Chromadorea

Order

Chromadorida

Family

Chromadoridae

Loc

Algoanema Heyns & Furstenberg, 1987

Venekey, Virag, Gheller, Paula F., Kandratavicius, Noelia, Cunha, Beatriz Pereira, Vilas-Boas, Ana Carolina, Fonseca, Gustavo & Maria, Tatiana F. 2019
2019
Loc

Algoanema

Heyns & Furstenberg 1987
1987
Loc

Algoanema aestuariense

Heyns & Furstenberg 1987
1987
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