Oncholaimids (Nematoda, Oncholaimidae) from the Canary Islands

Abstract

Four species of the family Oncholaimidae: Oncholaimellus calvadosicus De Man, 1890, Oncholaimus campylocercoides De Coninck &Stekhoven, 1933, O. skawensis Ditlevsen, 1921 and Viscosia glabra (Bastian, 1865) were recorded for the first time from the Canary Islands. Samples were collected in the intertidal and shallow subtidal sandy soft-bottoms from Los Abrigos and Los Cristianos, two localities situated on the eastern and western coast of Tenerife, respectively. Meristic and autoecological data of the studied species are presented.