Description of Pheronous jairajpurii sp. nov. (Enoplida: Ironidae) a free-living marine nematode from Tamil Nadu Coast (India) with emended diagnosis of Pheronous Inglis, 1966
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A new species of free-living marine nematode, Pheronous jairajpurii sp. nov. belonging to the family Ironidae collected from an intertidal sandy beach of Tamil Nadu, India, is described and illustrated. The genus Pheronous until now had two species, Pheronous ogdeni Inglis, 1966 and P. donghaiensis Chen & Guo, 2015. The new species resembles P. ogdeni in the number and shape of precloacal papillae and differs in the shape of spicules and gubernaculum, number and arrangement of postcloacal papillae, while it resembles P. donghaiensis in the shape and size of spicules and gubernaculum, however differs in the cuticle ornamentation, number and arrangement of pre and postcloacal papillae. An emended diagnosis of the genus Pheronous along with identification key is provided.
Source: Zootaxa
Authors: RITIKA DATTA, ANJUM NASREEN RIZVI
Institutions: University of Calcutta, Zoological Survey of India
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4410384134