| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1995 |
| Authors: | N. Gourbault, Decraemer W. |
| Journal: | HydrobiologiaHydrobiologia |
| Volume: | 310 |
| Pagination: | 79-86 |
| Date Published: | Aug |
| ISBN Number: | 0018-8158 |
| Accession Number: | WOS:A1995TD86900008 |
| Abstract: | The genus Leptepsilonema is recorded for the first time from the Mediterranean: L. santii sp.n. is characterised by a slender body with a large number of annules (122-128). Cuticular ornamentation with clear ridges and a lateral field of small thorns on both sides of the anteriormost annules are also typical as well as the number and arrangement of copulatory thorns (2-3 pairs, 2 fields), the shape and length (49-58 mu m) of spicules in males. L. filiforme is recorded from New Caledonia; specimens largely resemble the original types but are larger. The variability of some morphological structures is discussed. |