Terrestrial nematodes from the Galapagos Archipelago. 7. Description of Tylocephalus nimius sp.n. and new data on the morphology, development and behaviour of T. auriculatus (Bütschli, 1873) Anderson, 1966 (Leptolaimina: Plectidae)

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-228

  De Ley, Paul ^a   Coomans, August ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Development; Galapagos; Nematoda; SEM; Taxonomy; Tylocephalus

Indexed keywords

TYLOCEPHALUS AURICULATUS; TYLOCEPHALUS NIMIUS;

EID: 0030975126     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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