Enchodelus decraemerae Pourjam, Pedram, Vinciguerra & Robbins, 2010

Elshishka, Milka, Mladenov, Aleksandar, Altash, Stela, Álvarez-Ortega, Sergio, Peña-Santiago, Reyes & Peneva, Vlada, 2024, Cyber catalogue and revision of the nematode genus Enchodelus (Dorylaimida, Nordiidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 126315-e 126315 : e126315-

Enchodelus decraemerae Pourjam, Pedram, Vinciguerra & Robbins, 2010

Enchodelus decraemerae Pourjam, Pedram, Vinciguerra & Robbins, 2010 ; Pourjam et al. (2010) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10716290

Enchodelus decraemerae ; Peña-Santiago (2021 b): 206 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo. 11192271

Distribution

The species is a member of nematode fauna of West Palearctic: Iran (type habitat: rhizosphere of mosses on rocks - Pourjam et al. (2010)).

Taxon discussion

According to Pourjam et al. (2010), this species belongs to a group of species with very long odontostyle (61-67 μm) and conical tail, which Ahmad and Jairajpuri (1980) ascribed to the subgenus Nepalus , now regarded identical with Heterodorus . Nevertheless, several remarkable traits (distinct flanges at odontophore base, tripartite uterus, 10-12 irregularly-spaced ventromedian supplements without hiatus) supports its inclusion in Enchodelus , although the conical tail with rounded tip is atypical in the genus. Thus, it is provisionally retained under Enchodelus , but further study based also on molecular data would elucidate its taxonomic status.