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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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Wilfrida Decraemer; Revision and phylogenetic systematics of the Desmoscolecida (Nematoda). Hydrobiologia 120:259-283, 1985

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A revision of the genera of the Desmoscolecida is given, based on a reappraisal of 'key' characters. A tentative cladogram is proposed in attempt to establish a theory of relationships within the Desmoscolecida. A new species Desmoscolex (rotricomoides) pravus sp. nov. is described and additional information or a redescription is given of D. (P.) squamosus (Timm), Tricoma (Quadricoma) cobbi (Steiner), T. demanema nov. nom., T. (D.) deuterum (Timm) and Protricoma squamosa Timm, 1970.