Perspiria Wieser and Hopper, 1967

Zhai, Hongxiu, Shi, Yifeng, Li, Ting & Sun, Jun, 2023, Two new species of genus Perspiria (Desmodoridae: Nematoda) from the Bohai Bay of China, Journal of Natural History 57 (9 - 12), pp. 490-502 : 492

Genus Perspiria Wieser and Hopper, 1967

Diognosis (based on Huang et al. 2022)

Cuticle with fine striations on the body and prominently striated on the tail region. Head not demarcated as a cephalic capsule. Buccal cavity small with three minute teeth or one dorsal tooth (or absent). Amphideal fovea simple spiral with a circular outline, usually located close to the apex and partially surrounded with cuticular striations. Posterior pharyngeal bulb round to pyriform. Male spicules slender with well-developed swollen proximal end, precloacal supplements present or absent, single anterior testis. Female with two reflexed ovaries. Tail conico-cylindrical, usually filiform.

Valid species

P. boucheri Sun, Zhai and Huang, 2019

P. elongata ( Castro et al., 2006) Leduc and Verschelde, 2015

P. flagellata Vitiello, 1971

P. hamata Wieser and Hopper, 1967

P. lara ( Da Silva et al., 2009) Leduc and Verschelde, 2015

P. longicaudatus Huang, Sui and Wang, 2022

P. megamphida Vincx and Gourbault, 1989

P. mokii Coles, 1987

P. papillata Vincx and Gourbault, 1989

P. septentrionalis ( Cobb, 1914) Leduc and Verschelde, 2015

P. striaticaudata ( Timm, 1962) Leduc and Verschelde, 2015