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Paracrobeles psammophilus sp. nov. (Nematoda: Cephalobidae) from El Saler, Valencia (Spain)

Javier LluchPilar González Navarro

subject

Sponge spiculebiologyEcologyGenusParacrobelesPsammophilusZoologyAnimal Science and Zoologybiology.organism_classificationValenciaEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

Paracrobeles psammophilus sp. nov. (Nematoda: Cephalobidae) is described from soil of the Dehesa de El Saler (province of Valencia, Spain). This is the second record of a species of the genus Paracrobeles Heyns, 1968. The new species is characterized by rounded cheilorhabdions and the large spicules and gubernaculum of males.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01220.x