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A new genus and species of Epsilonematidae (Nematoda) from New Caledonia
Author(s) -
GOURBAULT NICOLE,
DECRAEMER WILFRID A
Publication year - 1991
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.1463-6409.1991.tb00296.x
Subject(s) - supralittoral zone , biology , dorsum , french horn , genus , zoology , ecology , anatomy , intertidal zone , psychology , pedagogy
Akanthepsilonema helleouetae gen. et sp.n. (Epsilonematidae) is described from supralittoral marine sediments in New Caledonia. Its main features are a heterogeneous cuticule with large horn‐like dorsal spines and a field of copulatory horns in the male. The taxonomic position of the new genus within the family is discussed.