Metasphaerolaimus Gourbault & Boucher 1981
- Dataset
- New species of Thelonema, Metasphaerolaimus, and Monhystrella (Nematoda, Monhysterida) from Kermadec Trench, Southwest Pacific
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Nematoda
- class
- Adenophorea
- order
- Monhysterida
- family
- Sphaerolaimidae
- genus
- Metasphaerolaimus
diagnosis
Diagnosis (modified from Fonseca & Bezerra 2014) Cuticle finely striated. Six inner labial papillae; six outer labial setae at same level as four longer cephalic setae; eight groups of sub-cephalic setae. Amphideal fovea circular, situated posteriorly to buccal cavity. Buccal cavity strongly cuticularised with six H- or X-shaped mandibles, hooked anteriorly and articulating on cuticularised rim posteriorly. Pharynx cylindrical with strongly cuticularised lumen.
type_taxon
Type species M. cancellatus Gourbault & Boucher, 1981.