Three Free-Living Marine Nematodes from Sagami Bay, Japan, with a Description of Wiesoncholaimus jambio sp. nov. (Nematoda: Oncholaimidae)

Abstract

ductive system (didelphic in the three genera listed); from Krampia Ditlevsen, 1921 by the presence of the Demanian system (absent in Krampia); and from Metaparoncholaimus De Coninck and Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933 by the spicules longer than 3.0 cloacal body diameters (shorter than 2.0 cloacal body diameters in Metaparoncholaimus).The genus Thalassironus contains 12 valid species