Observations on the morphology and systematics of Thalassogenus Andrassy, 1973 (Nematoda: Thalassogeneridae n. fam.)

Abstract

Thalassogenus archaeops n.sp., the second species belonging to the extraordinary enoplid genus of predatory terrestrial nematodes first described by Andnissy (1973), is described from Western Samoa. The importance of the arrangement ofthe stoma, structure of the cardia and its accompanying glands, and the presence of an eye-spot and six caudal glands is discussed and a new family Thalassogeneridae is proposed for the genus.