Five new species of deep-sea desmoscolecids (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida) from the Bay of Biscay
Decraemer, W. (1983). Five new species of deep-sea desmoscolecids (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida) from the Bay of Biscay. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 55(6): 1-26, V plates
In: Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Biologie = Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Bruxelles. ISSN 0374-6429
The present paper deals with a study of desmoscolecids found in deep-sea samples from the Bay of Gascony. Five new species are described: Desmoscolex multiannulatus, D. paralongistosus, D. segonzaci, D. macrophasmatus and Quadricoma gascognensis. Desmolorenzenia longicauda (Timm, 1970) Freudenhammer, 1975 is synonymous with D. eurycricus (Filipjev, 1922) Freudenhammer, 1975 and Quadricoma iberica Freudenhammer, 1975 is synonymous with Q. brevichaeta Freudenhammer, 1975.
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