Aquatic nematodes from Ethiopia VI the genera Chronogaster Cobb, 1913, Plectus Bastian, 1865 and Prismatolaimus de Man, 1880 with descriptions of C. ethiopica n. sp. and C. getachewi n. sp. (Chromadorida: Nematoda)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-61

  Abebe, Eyualem ^a   Coomans, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic nematodes; Chronogaster; Ethiopia; Hot spring; Lake; New species; Plectus; Prismatolaimus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHRONOGASTER ETHIOPICA; CHRONOGASTER GETACHEWI;

EID: 0030461688     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020779     Document Type: Article

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