Tenuidraconema tongaense n. sp. (Nematoda: Draconematidae), a new free-living marine nematode from a seamount in the southwest Pacific Ocean
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Title
- Tenuidraconema tongaense n. sp. (Nematoda: Draconematidae), a new free-living marine nematode from a seamount in the southwest Pacific Ocean
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Author(s)
- Rho, H.S.; Min, W.G.; Kim, D.S.
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- Rho, Hyun Soo(노현수); Min, Won Gi(민원기); Kim, Dong Sung(김동성)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 노현수; 민원기; 김동성
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Publication Year
- 2007
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Abstract
- A new species of free-living marine draconematid nematode, Tenuidraconema tongaense n. sp., is described. This new species was collected from shallow subtidal dead corals and detritus from a seamount in a hydrothermal area off the Tonga Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Tenuidraconema tongaense n. sp. differs from the known species of the genus by the following combination of characters: longer body (1060-1265 μm), position of 12 cephalic adhesion tubes (anterior six cephalic adhesion tubes inserted on rostrum and posterior six adhesion tubes inserted on anterior body annule in male; all 12 cephalic adhesion tubes inserted on rostrum in female), number of posterior sublateral adhesion tubes (11 in male, 12 in female) and posterior subventral adhesion tubes (9-11 in male, 10-11 in female) with somatic setae intermingled between the two anteriormost sublateral adhesion tubes, longer spicule length (43-50 μm), and slender body (a = 41.1-48.6 in male and 29.4-35.1 in female). A pictorial key and a dichotomous identification key for males and females are provided for the species. A table comparing the major differential diagnostic characteristics of the species of Tenuidraconema is presented. © 2007 Brill Academic Publishers.
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ISSN
- 1388-5545
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/4765
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DOI
- 10.1163/156854107781487233
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Bibliographic Citation
- Nematology, v.9, no.4, pp.545 - 560, 2007
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Subject
- comparative study; coral; detritus; identification key; morphology; morphometry; nematode; new species; scanning electron microscopy; seamount; subtidal environment; taxonomy; Pacific islands; Pacific Ocean; Polynesia; Tonga; Anthozoa; Draconematidae; Nematoda; Tenuidraconema
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Keywords
- Description; Key; Morphology; Morphometrics; SEM; Taxonomy
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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