Leptolaimids (Nematoda, Leptolaimina) from the Canary Islands
- Riera Elena, Rodrigo
- Núñez Fraga, Jorge
- Brito Castro, María del Carmen
ISSN: 1130-4723
Year of publication: 2011
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Pages: 11-24
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias: = Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum
Abstract
Seven species belonging to the suborder Leptolaimina were collected during an ecological study of the soft-bottoms on the south coast of Tenerife. Canary Islands. Two of these species {Dasyuemoides sp. Metadasynemella sp.) were detemined to genus level due to the lack of material in good conditions. The remaining species were Camacolaimus tardus De Man, 1889, Ceramonema yunfengi Piatt & Zhang. 1982. Diodontolaimus sahulosus Southern. 1914 Tarvaia aff. peruvensis Nichols & Musselman. 1979 and Southernia zosterae Allgen, 1929. Descriptions, figures and meristic data of each species are presented, as well as. auto- ecological data of the sampling stations.