Hope, W. Duane . (1988). A Review of the Marine Nematode Genera Platycoma and Proplatycoma, with a Description of Proplatycoma fleurdelis (Enoplida: Leptosomatidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 101(3): 693-706.

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Hope, W. Duane

1988

101(3): 693-706

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The taxonomic histories of the genera Platycoma Cobb, 1894 and Proplatycoma Platonova, 1976 are reviewed. Proplatycoma fleurdelis n.sp. from Barbados West Indies, is described, and it is the first record of this genus in the western North Atlantic. The structure of the buccal capsule, amphidial flaps, spicula and gubernacula are discussed, and the genera Proplatycoma and Platycoma are redefined. An artificial key to the males of the species of Platycoma and Proplatycoma is provided.

Nematoda

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