Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.4.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11150580 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F11C878F-FB77-FB33-D985-FBE738830D0E |
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Plazi |
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Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973 |
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Genus Gairleanema Warwick & Platt, 1973
Diagnosis (emended after Smol et al. 2014) Cuticle with indistinct transverse striations. Lips high. Anterior sensilla in two circles: six inner labial setae large and with bulbous swellings, six outer labial setae very long and four cephalic setae short and thin; amphidial fovea dorsally spiral or oval shaped. Buccal cavity with a pointed, heavily sclerotized dorsal tooth and two less heavily sclerotized ventrosublateral teeth. Males monorchic, testis subventrally left or right of intestine. Precloacal supplements mammiliform or oval shaped. Females with two opposed and reflexed ovaries. Tail conico-cylindrical with terminal setae.
List of valid Gairleanema species
Gairleanema anagremilae Warwick & Platt, 1973
Gairleanema pulchra sp. nov.
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