Two new free-living marine nematode species from an intertidal sandyrocky shore on Pulau Ubin, Singapore with a key to the valid species of the genera Prooncholaimus and Acanthonchus

• Main Authors: Chen, Cheng Ann, Nguyen Dinh Tu, Nic Smol
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: National University of Singapore 2015
• Subjects: QL1-991 Zoology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33804/1/Two%20new%20free-living%20marine%20nematode%20species%20from%20an%20intertidal%20sandyrocky%20shore%20on%20Pulau%20Ubin%2C%20Singapore%20with%20a%20key%20to%20the%20valid%20species%20of%20the%20genera%20Prooncholaimus%20and%20Acanthonchus.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33804/2/Two%20new%20free-living%20marine%20nematode%20species%20from%20an%20intertidal%20sandyrocky%20shore%20on%20Pulau%20Ubin%2C%20Singapore%20with%20a%20key%20to%20the%20valid%20species%20of%20the%20genera%20Prooncholaimus%20and%20Acanthonchus1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33804/; https://www.marinespecies.org/imis.php?module=ref&refid=256943
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Marine nematodes belonging to two genera Prooncholaimus and Acanthonchus are described from Tanjung Tajam on the westernmost end of Pulau Ubin in the East Johor Strait. Prooncholaimus tani new species is characterised by having short cervical setae, a large buccal cavity, pocket-shaped amphid, thin...