Metasphaerolaimus Gourbault & Boucher, 1981

Leduc, Daniel, 2015, New species of Thelonema, Metasphaerolaimus, and Monhystrella (Nematoda, Monhysterida) from Kermadec Trench, Southwest Pacific, European Journal of Taxonomy 158, pp. 1-19 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2015.158
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793582
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scientific name	Metasphaerolaimus Gourbault & Boucher, 1981
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Genus Metasphaerolaimus Gourbault & Boucher, 1981

Ceratosphaerolaimus Fadeeva, 1983: 1329 , fig. 5. (see Jensen 1992: 8)

Diagnosis (modified from Fonseca & Bezerra 2014)

Cuticle finely striated. Six inner labial papillae; six outer labial setae at same level as four longer cephalic setae; eight groups of sub-cephalic setae. Amphideal fovea circular, situated posteriorly to buccal cavity. Buccal cavity strongly cuticularised with six H- or X-shaped mandibles, hooked anteriorly and articulating on cuticularised rim posteriorly. Pharynx cylindrical with strongly cuticularised lumen.

Type species

M. cancellatus Gourbault & Boucher, 1981 .