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Two new records of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Enoplida: Ironidaeand Monhysterida: Xyalidae) from India
Ritika Datta, Anjum N. Rizvi and C. Raghunathan
Year : 2023 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 113-120
Received on: 19/11/2023
Revised on: 28/11/2023
Accepted on: 21/12/2023
Published on: 31/12/2023
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Ritika Datta, Anjum N. Rizvi and C. Raghunathan( 2023).
Two new records of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Enoplida: Ironidaeand Monhysterida: Xyalidae) from India
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 8( 6), 113-120.
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Abstract
Two species of free-living marine nematodes were collected from the intertidal areas of East Coast of India namely, Conilia sinensis Chen and Guo, 2015and Corononema parvumNicholas and Stewart, 1995, both species are new records for the Indian fauna. Previously, the genus ConiliaGerlach, 1956was known from Santos Beach, South Japan, East China Sea and Korea. The genus Corononema Nicholas and Stewart, 1995 was known only from Australia and Thailand and very recently reported from off the coast of Vietnam.Both the genera are being reported for the first time from India. The species are described and photomicrographed.
Keywords
Conilia sinensis,Corononema parvum, Distribution, East Coast of India, Morphology.
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