Three new species of (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) from the South Atlantic.

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Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.

Published: January 2023

Three new species of are described from the continental shelf of the Campos Basin, southwest Atlantic, Brazil. differs from all other species in the presence of two anterior testes, slender spicules with enlarged proximal ends, 7-11 pre-cloacal papilliform supplements, and females with a pair of constriction structures, one on each branch of the ovary. shows sexual dimorphism in the size of the amphidial fovea, which occupies 100% of the diameter of the corresponding area in the male; the buccal cavity provided with five teeth and a slightly cuticularized cuticular ring. has four longitudinal-lateral rows of glands associated with small pores, one seta and three pores small pre-cloacal, and the gubernaculum has a triangular base. An amendment to the diagnosis of the genus is proposed, where the number of teeth was modified.

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