Leptolaimids (Nematoda, Leptolaimina) from the Canary Islands

Abstract

Seven species belonging to the suborder Leptolaimina were collected during an eco- logical study of the soft-bottoms on the south coast of Tenerife. Canar\' Islands. Two of these species {Dasyuemoides sp. Metadasynemella sp.) were detemiined to genus le\ el due to the lack of material in good conditions. The remaining species were Camacolaimus tardus De Man, 1889, Ceramonema yunfengi Piatt & Zhang. 1982. Diodontolaimus sahulosus Southern. 1914 Tanaia aff. peruvensis Nichols & Musselman. 1979 and Southernia zosterae Allgen, 1929. Descriptions, figures and meristic data of each species are presented, as well as. autoecological data of the sampling stations.