Metachromadora (Metachromadoroides)

Pastor, Catalina T. & Ward, De, 2004, New species of Hopperia (Nematoda, Comesomatidae) and Metachromadora (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from Patagonia, Chubut, Argentina, Zootaxa 542, pp. 1-15 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.157676
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6270760
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scientific name	Metachromadora (Metachromadoroides)
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Key to all known species of Metachromadora (Metachromadoroides)

1 Male without ventromedian precloacal supplements ....................................................2

1’ Male with ventromedian precloacal supplements ........................................................ 3

2 Anterior non striated end equal to 2 amphid lengths ...................................................... ................................................................ M. (M.) vulgaris Timm 1961 (Bay of Bengal)

2’ Anterior non striated end equal to 1 amphid length ..... M. (M.) zaixsi sp. n. (Patagonia)

3 Cephalic setae absent .......................... M. (M.) complexa Timm 1961 (Bay of Bengal)

3’ Cephalic setae present. .................. M. (M.) pulvinata Wieser & Hopper 1967 (Florida) .................................................................... M. (M.) remanei Gerlach 1951 (North Sea)

References

Gerlach, S. (1951) Revision der Metachromadoracea, einer Gruppe freilebender mariner Nematoden. Kieler Meeresforschung, 8, 59 - 75.

Timm, R. W. (1961) The marine Nematodes of the bay of Bengal. Proceedings Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 1, 25 - 88.

Wieser, W. & Hopper, B. (1967). Marine Nematodes of the east coast of North America. I Florida. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, 135 (5), 239 - 344.