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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Pateracephalanema

Pateracephalanema Mehta & Raski, 1971 (ref. ID; 5848)

ref. ID; 5848

Diagnosis (emended)

Female body 0.22-0.48 mm. Annules 70-98 with 8-16 contiguous smoothly rounded scales at midbody. One head annule, set off, smooth. Lip region elevated, broadly rounded. Stylet 50-80 um. Vulva lips conical. Tail with eight annules, rounded, VL/VB 0.6-1.0. (ref. ID; 5848)
  • Juveniles: Cuticle with rounded scales tipped with fine spines. (ref. ID; 5848)
  • Males: Lateral incisures four, bursa small, spicules 31-33 um. (ref. ID; 5848)

    Type species

    Pateracephalanema imbricatum (Colbran, 1965) Mehta & Raski, 1971 (ref. ID; 5848)

    Nominal species

    Pateracephalanema alticolum (Colbran, 1965) Mehta & Raski, 1971 (ref. ID; 5848)
    1. Pateracephalanema alticolum (Colbran, 1965) Mehta & Raski, 1971 (ref. ID; 5848)
    2. Pateracephalanema australe (Colbran, 1965) Mehta & Raski, 1971 (ref. ID; 5848)
    3. Pateracephalanema imbricatum (Colbran, 1965) Mehta & Raski, 1971 (ref. ID; 5848)
    4. Pateracephalanema pectinatum (Colbran, 1962) Mehta & Raski, 1971
      See; Crossonema pectinatum (ref. ID; 5848)
    5. Pateracephalanema pellitum Andrassy, 1979
      See; Crossonema pellitum (ref. ID; 5848)