Skip to main content
Publications | Persons | Institutes | Projects
[ report an error in this record ]basket (0): add | show Print this page

Polkepsilonema mombasae gen. et sp. n. and Pternepsilonema servaesae gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda, Epsilonematidae) from East African coasts
Verschelde, D.; Vincx, M. (1993). Polkepsilonema mombasae gen. et sp. n. and Pternepsilonema servaesae gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda, Epsilonematidae) from East African coasts. Hydrobiologia 257: 129-142
In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: The Hague. ISSN 0018-8158; e-ISSN 1573-5117, more
Peer reviewed article  

Available in  Authors 

Keywords
    Epsilonematidae Steiner, 1927 [WoRMS]; Nematoda [WoRMS]; Polkepsilonema mombasae Verschelde & Vincx, 1993 [WoRMS]; Pternepsilonema servaesae Verschelde & Vincx, 1993 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal

Authors  Top 
  • Verschelde, D.
  • Vincx, M., more

Abstract
    Two new genera and species from Kenyan tidal areas, Polkepsilonema mombasae gen. et sp.n. and Pternepsilonema servaesae gen. et sp.n., are described. Both are characterized by the presence of at least fourteen subcephalic setae and by thick thorns on the ventral body region of males. In the first genus, eight to ten subcephalic setae are situated at the posterior edge of the rostrum, and the ambulatory setae are straight. A key of the 13 genera of the Epsilonematidae is presented.

All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy Top | Authors