Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973

Fadeeva, Natalia P. & Karpova, Alena A., 2024, New species of Metadesmolaimus, Rhynchonema and Gairleanema (Nematoda) from the sandy beaches of the Sea of Japan, Zootaxa 5537 (1), pp. 115-132 : 125-126

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.1.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:515947EC-A9B5-4C44-8925-BBB882944662

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14240005

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F65CF147-FFB5-FFDB-FF01-F8598C55FD76

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Plazi

scientific name

Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973
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Genus Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973 View in CoL

Diagnosis (from Warwick & Platt 1973, Smol et al. 2014, Liang et al. 2024) Tripyloididae . Cuticle with indistinct transverse striations. Lips high. Anterior sensilla in two circles: six inner labial setae large and with bulbous swellings, six outer labial setae + four small and thin cephalic setae; labial setae jointed. Amphideal fovea dorsally spiral. Buccal cavity in one part with a pointed, heavily sclerotized dorsal tooth and two less heavily sclerotized ventrosublateral onchia with rounded tip. Cardia surrounded by a sphincter. Males monorchic, testis subventrally left or right of the intestine. Precloacal supplements mamilliform.

Number of valid species: 2

Type species: Gairleanema anagremilae Warwick & Platt, 1973 .

List of valid species of Gairleanema

G. anagremilae Warwick & Platt, 1973

G. pulchra Liang, Guo & Wang, 2024

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Nematoda

Class

Enoplea

Order

Enoplida

Family

Tripyloididae

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