Dorylaimus Garteri Bastian.

Ditlevsen, Hjalmar, 1927, XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater., Meddelelser om Gronland 22, pp. 175-189 : 181

Dorylaimus Garteri Bastian.

Locality: Near “ Sukkertoppen ” In a damp bog with Eriophorum and Sphagnum 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Near “ Sukkertoppen”. At a brook; under Salix herbacea . 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Near "Sukkertoppen”. Rather dry heath; under Cassiope hypnoides . 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Near “ Sukkertoppen ” Meadow, fortnightly overflowed by sea-water . 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Near “ Sukkertoppen ” In a spring with Sphagnum . 25. 8. 1925. O. Hagerup.

Disco. ca. 50 m. above the level of the Sea . 19. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

Disco. ca. 100 m. above the level of the Sea . 19. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

Disco. Above the Arctic Station; at a brook. In moss . 19. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinbök.

Kapisigdlit ( The Fjord of Godthaab ). 9. 7.-24. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

Upernivik . In moss. Aug. 1926. Reisinger and Steinbök.

Upernivik. In a spring with Sphagnum. 25.8.1926. Reisinger and Steinböek.

Upernivik . ea. 100 m. above the level of the Sea. 25. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinbök.

Upernivik . The top of the island. 26. 8. 1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

“ Prøven ” 28.- 31. 8.1926. Reisinger and Steinböck.

Female: Length 2 mm. α = 34,3; ß = 4,1; y = 20.

Vulva 50 %.

Male: Length 2,5 mm. α = 37,5; ß = 4,3; y == 25.

Young: Length 1,6 mm. α = 33,3; ß = 4,5; y = 20.

There is no doubt that the species under consideration is very common in Greenland; it proves to be present in material from almost every station, and ca. 200 specimens in all are at hand. Males are relatively frequent; ca. twenty among hundred specimens