New mouthless nematode of the genus Parastomonema Kito, 1989 (Nematoda: Siphonolaimidae) from a mangrove forest on the coast of Thailand, and erection of the new subfamily Astomonematinae within the Siphonolaimidae

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1177, 2006, Pages 39-49

  Kito, Kenji ^a   Aryuthaka, Chittima ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Astomonematinae; Gulf of Thailand; Mangrove forest; Muddy sediments; Nematoda; Parastomonema; Siphonolaimidae

Indexed keywords

ASTOMONEMA; NEMATODA; SIPHONOLAIMIDAE;

EID: 33745389331     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1177.1.4     Document Type: Article

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