A review of the genera  Croconema  Cobb, 1920 and  Pseudochromadora  Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): new species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia

Verschelde, D; Nicholas, Warwick; Vincx, M

A review of the genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): new species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia

Date

2006

Authors

Verschelde, D

Nicholas, Warwick

Vincx, M

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

This article is a review of the subfamily Desmodorinae (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea) and two related genera within this subfamily, Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 with keys to genus or species level, genus diagnoses and lists of valid species. An emended diagnosis of, and discussion on, Sibayinema Swart & Heyns, 1991, is presented. Three new species are described: Croconema floriani sp.n. from the coast of Kenya, Pseudochromadora galeata sp.n. and P. securis sp.n. from the coast of Australia.