A New Record of Free-living Marine Nematode (Nematoda：Desmodoridae) f rom Yantai Coast ①
WANG Hai-xia
HUANG Yong
Abstract：A new record of free‐living marine nematodes ,Metachromadora itoi Kito ,1978 ,is described from Yantai coast of the Yellow Sea . Metachromadora itoi Kito is characterized by having six prominent external labial papillae and four blunt cephalic setae ;spiral‐shaped am‐phidial fovea 2 .25 turns ,nearly front end;elongated terminal bulb showing three sections ;males with 17‐21 equidistant precloacal supplements and two postcloacal ventral papillae ;spic‐ules arcuate with large proximal capitulum .Our specimens fit well with the original description from Japan Sea by Kito in 1978 .
Keywords：Metachromadora itoi Kitofree-living marine nematodetaxonomy
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-28(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 38-41 )