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Psammonema kuriani (Nematoda: Desmodoroidea), a novel species from the margin of the north-eastern Arabian Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Jini Jacob ,
P.R. Anilkumar ,
Rosamma Philip  and
Damodaran Rayaroth
Jini Jacob*
Affiliation:
Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, 6th Floor, Kendriya Bhavan, Cochin, Kerala, India
P.R. Anilkumar
Affiliation:
Cochin University of Science and Technology, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India
Rosamma Philip
Affiliation:
Cochin University of Science and Technology, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India
Damodaran Rayaroth
Affiliation:
Cochin University of Science and Technology, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:J. Jacob, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, 6th Floor, Kendriya Bhavan, Cochin, Kerala, India email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A novel species of nematode belonging to the rare genus Psammonema Verschelde & Vincx, 1995 is described from the continental margin of the north-eastern Arabian Sea (214 m). Psammonema kuriani sp. nov. shows a different position of the lateral alae compared with the original genus diagnosis, hence an emended genus diagnosis is given. The genus Psammonema was previously described from the estuarine sediments of Indian Ocean region and the present study reports the genus from the deep sea for the first time.

Keywords

Deep seaNematodePsammonemarare speciesArabian Seacontinental slopeIndian OceanDesmodorida
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 96 , Issue 7 , November 2016 , pp. 1469 - 1473
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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