| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Authors: | W. Decraemer, Gourbault, N., Backeljau, T. |
| Journal: | HydrobiologiaHydrobiologia |
| Volume: | 357 |
| Pagination: | 185-202 |
| Date Published: | Dec |
| ISBN Number: | 0018-8158 |
| Accession Number: | WOS:000072604600016 |
| Abstract: | The family Draconematidae is reviewed. Diagnoses of all taxa are updated or emended, based upon an evaluation of diagnostic features. A phylogenetic analysis at the genus level based on parsimony suggested that Tenuidraconema belongs to the Draconematinae. A new genus Bathychaetosoma is erected to accomodate B. uchidai (Kito, 1983). It is characterized by a cephalic region with a smooth, non-thickened cuticle and numerous cephalic adhesion tubes located posterior to the head region and extending over more than two head diameters along the cervical region. |