Desmoscolecids from the Demerara abyssal basin off French Guiana (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida)
Decraemer, W. (1983). Desmoscolecids from the Demerara abyssal basin off French Guiana (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sect. A Zool. Biol. Ecol. Anim. 4e série, 5(2): 543-560
In: Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris. ISSN 0181-0626
Four new species of Desmoscolecids are described: Desmoscolex demerarae sp. nov., Quadricomoides trilabiata sp. nov., Q. labiosus sp. nov. and Spinodesmoscolex coronatus gen. n., sp. nov., the latter belonging to a new genus Spinodesmoscolex. Spinodesmoscolex is characterized by desmoscolecoid body rings with transverse rows of spine-like setae and by the head with triradial anterior end provided with three labial areas.
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