新西兰的奇异索虫新种（索虫科：线虫纲）寄生于潮间带海洋双尾虫类库氏跳钩虾（跳钩虾科：双尾虫类），并总结了感染双尾虫类的索虫情况。

Thaumamermis zealandica n sp (Mermithidae: Nematoda) parasitising the intertidal marine amphipod Talorchestia quoyana (Talitridae: Amphipoda) in New Zealand, with a summary of mermithids infecting amphipods.

作者信息

Poinar George, Latham A David M, Poulin Robert

机构信息

Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

出版信息

Syst Parasitol. 2002 Nov;53(3):227-33. doi: 10.1023/a:1021159411613.

DOI:10.1023/a:1021159411613

PMID:12510168

Abstract

A new nematode, Thaumamermis zealandica n. sp. (Mermithidae; Nematoda), is described parasitising the intertidal marine amphipod Talorchestia quoyana Milne-Edwards (Talitridae) from the coast of South Island, New Zealand. The new species is characterised by the degree of dimorphism of the spicules, the arrangement of the genital papillae, the shape and length of the vagina and the anteriorly-placed amphids. This is the first known marine host of a member of the family Mermithidae. Published records of mermithid nematodes from amphipods are presented.

摘要

描述了一种新的线虫，即新西兰索马线虫（Thaumamermis zealandica n. sp.）（索马线虫科；线虫纲），它寄生于新西兰南岛海岸的潮间带海洋双足虾类阔角长腹钩虾（Talorchestia quoyana Milne-Edwards）（长腹钩虾科）。新物种的特征在于交合刺的二态性程度、生殖乳头的排列、阴道的形状和长度以及位于前端的头感器。这是索马线虫科成员已知的首个海洋宿主。文中还列出了双足虾类索马线虫的已发表记录。