Indian Journal of Nematology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue: 1

New Reports of Free-Living Marine Nematodes, Chromadorina granulopigmentata (Weeser, 1951) and Neochromadora poecilosomoides (Filipjev, 1918) (Chromadorida: Chromadoridae) from Indian Waters

  • Author:
  • K.G.M.T. Ansari, P.S. Lyla, S. Ajmal Khan
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 17 to 23

Faculty of Marine Sciences, Centre of Advance Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai-608 502, Tamil Nadu, India

*Corresponding author, E-mail: ansari.cas@gmail.com

Online published on 22 July, 2013.

Abstract

This paper describes new distributional records of two species of free-living nematodes belonging to the order Chromadorida and family Chromadoridae (Chromadorina granulopigmentata (Wieser, 1951) and Neochromadora poecilosomoides (Filipjev, 1918)) from India waters. It also provides a description for their identification based on the morphological features.

Keywords

Chromadorina granulopigmentata, Neochromadora poecilosomoides, continental shelf, Indian waters