Peculiar new deep-sea desmoscolecid species of the genus Protricoma (Nematoda) from Corsica
In: Zoologica Scripta. Blackwell: Stockholm. ISSN 0300-3256; e-ISSN 1463-6409, more | |
Keywords | Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species Water > Deep water Protricoma corsicana Decraemer & Soetaert, 1989 [WoRMS]; Protricoma macramphis Decraemer & Soetaert, 1989 [WoRMS]; Protricoma microcephala Decraemer & Soetaert, 1989 [WoRMS]; Protricoma Timm, 1970 [WoRMS] MED, France, Corsica [Marine Regions]
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Abstract | Three new species of Protricoma were found among the material collected during a deep-sea survey near Corsica: P. maramphis sp.n., P. mocrocephala sp.n. and P. corsicana sp.n. The new species are characterized by their small body size. a slender cylindrican body with finely annulated body cuticle and a very small head. |
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