SEM observations on the marine nematode Dracognomus simplex (Gerlach, 1954) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 (Draconematidae: Prochaetosomatinae)

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-311

  Karssen, Gerrit ^a,b   Van Aelst, Adriaan C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dracognomus americanum n. sp.; Dracognomus simplex; Draconematidae; Identification; Key; Marine nematode; Morphology; New species; Prochaetosomatinae; SEM observation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DRACONEMATIDAE; PROCHAETOSOMATINAE;

EID: 0036967990     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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