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Keppner E.J. (1987). Another New Species of Free-Living Marine Nematode (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Northwest Florida, U.S.A. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. Vol. 106, No. 4, pp. 348-353.
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Keppner E.J.
1987
Another New Species of Free-Living Marine Nematode (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Northwest Florida, U.S.A.
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society
Vol. 106, No. 4, pp. 348-353
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Enoplolaimus asymmetricus n. sp. is described from subtidal non-vegetated sediments from St. Andrew Bay, Bay County, Florida. E. asymmetricus n. sp. has a distinct sexual dimorphism in the shape of the mandibles and position of the mouth and labial setae. The new species is most similar to Enoplolaimus punctatus, which is the only other species in the genus with a striated and punctate cuticle. Males of E. asymmetricus n. sp. differ from males of E. punctatus in the shape and asymmetry of the mandibles, in the position of the mouth and labial setae, in the absence of a gubernaculum, in the shape of the spicules, and in the presence of a pair of subventral post-anal sensillae. Females of E.asymmetricus n. sp. are difficult to differentiate from females of E. punctatus, except for differences in the relative lengths of the cephalic setae.
Enoplolaimus asymmetricus Keppner, 1987 (original description)
Mesacanthoides brevicaudatus Keppner, 1987 (original description)
Mesacanthoides brevicaudatus Keppner, 1987 (original description)
Gulf of Mexico for Mesacanthoides brevicaudatus Keppner, 1987
St. Andrews Bay for Enoplolaimus asymmetricus Keppner, 1987
St. Andrews Bay for Enoplolaimus asymmetricus Keppner, 1987
Holotype NMNH Holotype male USNM 77003, paratype males USNM 77004, 77006, 77007 and 76985; allotype female, USNM 77005;m paratype female, USNM 77009, juvenile male, USNM 77008, topotype juvenile female USNM 77010, identified as Enoplolaimus asymmetricus Keppner, 1987