Two new species of Comesomatidae Filipjev, 1922 (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from sandy bottoms of Tenerife, Canary Islands

Abstract

Two new species of Comesomatidae Filipjev, 1922 are described from sandy bottoms of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Paracomesoma sigmoidalis new species is characterized by having 35 precloacal supplements, S-shaped and slender spicules, and an elliptical plaque at the distal end of the gubernaculum. Setosabatieria triangularis new species is characterized by the number of turns (2.5) and development of the amphid (68% cbd), and a triangular gubernaculum.