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Marine nematodes from Guadeloupe and other Caribbean Islands. II. Draconematidae
Author(s) -
DECRAEMER WILFRIDA,
GOURBAULT NICOLE
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1986.tb00214.x
Subject(s) - biology , juvenile , ecology , nematode , taxonomy (biology) , meiobenthos , caribbean region , zoology , oceanography , abundance (ecology) , latin americans , linguistics , philosophy , geology
Fourteen species of the nematode family Draconematidae have been found in meiofaunal samples from the Lesser Antilles. Three species, Dracograllus antillensis sp. n., Drucognomus simplex (Gerlach, 1954) and D. Marioni Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 are described or redescribed; information on juvenile stages is included. Faunistic and ecological data are presented for the remaining 11 species.