Teratocephalus terrestris Bütschli, 1873

Thorne, Gerald, 1929, Nematodes from the Summit of Long's Peak, Colorado, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 48 (2), pp. 181-181 : 193

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.2307/3222211
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10797338
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scientific name	Teratocephalus terrestris Bütschli, 1873
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Teratocephalus terrestris Bütschli, 1873 View in CoL . View Figure

This species is immediately distinguished by its small size, coarsely striated cuticle and long ﬁliform tail with its arcuate terminus. The head with its cutinous framework is an especially prominent feature.

This is one of the most widely distributed species in the western mountains but occurs only in small numbers.

Two specimens appeared in this collection. Fig. 15a—b View Figure

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Nematoda
Class	Chromadorea
Order	Rhabditida
Family	Tetratocephalidae
Genus	Teratocephalus

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