Review of the genus Prodesmodora Micoletzky, 1923 (Nematoda: Desmodorida: Desmodoridae)
S.Ya. Tsalolikhin
Abstract. Practically all nine species of the genus Prodesmodora are known only from type localities except for species P. circulata, cosmopolitism of which is doubtful. Morphometric characteristics of all the species are similar. Differentiation of the species is best performed by rectum length, tail length, cephalic setae length and by amphid position. A key for identification of species is given.
Key words: free-living nematodes, taxonomy, key for species identification
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2014, 23(1): 3-6 ▪ Published in print 25 June 2014
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2014.23.1.3 ▪ Open full article 
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