Место издания:University of Evora, Special Publication Evora, Portugal Evora, Portugal
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Аннотация:DIVA-I expedition (July-August 2000) provides very rich material on meiofauna and nematodes including
desmoscolecids from the Angola Basin (depth 5400-5500 m). The desmoscolecids altogether comprise 221
identified specimens (6-7.4% of all nematodes from two stations). The specimens belong to three genera,
Desmoscolex is most species-rich of them (16 species) while Protricomoides and Tricoma are presented by
an only species each. Only two species have been described earlier, Desmoscolex obscurus Bussau, 1993 and
Protricomoides noctuabundus (Bussau, 1993) both were originally found in the remote site, DISCOL-area, SE
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Pacific (4100-4200 m deep). First species presents a notable case since it was also described from quite contrast
habitat, sandy sediment of Great Barrier Reef by Decraemer (1975). All the specimens from three remote sites
coincide in all morphological details. All other species are considered new for science. Some new characters
for species differentiation are introduced such as formalized ratios of head, terminal ring, position of terminal
setae. All the specimens examined have no content in the intestine. No females with ripe eggs were found. The
study is financially supported by RFBR grant N 18-04-00237.
Keywords: Deep-sea, Desmoscolecida, taxonomy
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