摘要
This study described a new species of free-living nematode discovered in the intertidal mudflat of Ximen Island,East China Sea.The new species,designated Parodontophora longiamphidata sp.nov.,was characterized by a cylindrical body with tapering extremeties;cuticle smooth without somatic setae;four short cephalic setae;cylindrical buccal cavity with six clawlike teeth at the top of stoma;pharynx cylindrical with widened base;amphidial fovea crook-shaped with elongated scalariform branch extending past level of base of pharynx and ventral gland;ventral gland cell long-oval shaped located posterior to pharyngo-intestinal junction;excretory pore at level of middle of buccal cavity;tail conico-cylindrical with enlarged tip;three caudal gland cells,male spicules arched with cephalic proximal end and tapered distal end;gubernaculum with dorso-caudal apophysis;female with two opposed outstretched ovaries;and vulva at slightly post-midpoint of body length.This new species was close to P.wuleidaowanensis Zhang,2005 and P.polita Gerlach,1955 in terms of long amphidial fovea branch.The newly found species was easily distinguishable from the two documented;its amphidial fovea branch(255–290 μm versus 72–106 and 125–150 μm) was obviously longer.Key to the Parodontophora species with a longer amphidial fovea branch was given.
This study described a new species of free-living nematode discovered in the intertidal mudflat of Ximen Island, East China Sea. The new species, designated Parodontophora longiamphidata sp. nov., was characterized by a cylindrical body with ta- pering extremeties; cuticle smooth without somatic setae; four short cephalic setae; cylindrical buccal cavity with six clawlike teeth at the top of stoma; pharynx cylindrical with widened base; amphidial fovea crook-shaped with elongated scalariform branch ex- tending past level of base of pharynx and ventral gland; ventral gland cell long-oval shaped located posterior to pharyngo-intestinal junction; excretory pore at level of middle of buccal cavity; tail conico-cylindrical with enlarged tip; three caudal gland cells, male spicules arched with cephalic proximal end and tapered distal end; gubernaculum with dorso-caudal apophysis; female with two op- posed outstretched ovaries; and vulva at slightly post-midpoint of body length. This new species was close to P. wuleidaowanensis Zhang, 2005 and P. polita Gerlach, 1955 in terms of long amphidial fovea branch. The newly found species was easily distinguish- able from the two documented; its amphidial fovea branch （255-290 μm versus 72-106 and 125-150 μm） was obviously longer. Key to the Parodontophora species with a longer amphidial fovea branch was given.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41176107)
