Description of Crassolabium unicum sp. n. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Qudsianematidae) from Vietnam

Zootaxa. 2021 May 13;4970(1):189194. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.11.

Abstract

Crassolabium unicum sp. n., collected from a natural habitat in Vietnam, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by its 0.770.94 mm long body, three-layered cuticle, lip region offset by depression and 1213.5 µm broad, odontostyle 13.515 µm long with wide aperture occupying 3646% of its length, neck 235260 µm long, pharyngeal expansion 117131 µm long or occupying 4752% of total neck length, anterior part of intestine presenting very distinct folds, female genital system didelphic-amphidelphic, uterus simple and 2843 µm or 0.70.9 body diameters, vulva transverse (V = 4552), prerectum bearing a blind postrectal sac, caudal region short and rounded (2125 µm, c = 4561, c' = 0.60.8) with two (dorsal and ventral) lacunae between outer and intermediate cuticle layers, and male unknown. It is compared with the similar representatives of the genus.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ecosystem
  • Female
  • Helminths / anatomy & histology*
  • Helminths / classification*
  • Male
  • Uterus
  • Vietnam