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World Database of Nematodes Linked to the Marine Biology Section, UGent
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Identification key to species of the genus Latronema Wieser, 1954
Key created by Oleksandr Holovachov
Please refer to this identification key as Holovachov, O. (2019) Identification key to species of the Latronema Wieser, 1954. In: Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Mokievsky, V.; Venekey, V.; Vanreusel, A. (2019) NeMys: World Database of Free-Living Marine Nematodes. Accessed at http://nemys.ugent.be
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Body length in mm  0.5-1.0 mm 1.0-1.5 mm 2.0-2.5 mm > 2.5 mm
a-ratio  < 10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30
b-ratio  4-5 8
c-ratio  10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30
c'-ratio  < 1.0 1.0-1.5 1.5-2.0 2.0-2.5 2.5-3.0 3.0-3.5
Amphid shape in male  Indistinct Unispiral Multispiral Circular Unknown
Amphid shape in female  Indistinct Unispiral Multispiral Circular Unknown
Number of setae in a second circle (outer labial and cephalic)  10 14
Cephalic setae length in µm  > 10 10-15 15-20 20-25
Number of supplements  15 20 23 Unknown 12 13
Length of spicules in µm  25-30 30-35 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 70-75 Unknown 75-80
Shape of spicules  Inverted J-shaped C-shaped, without ventral projection Unknown C-shaped, with ventral projection Moderately arcuate, without ventral projection Moderately arcuate, with ventral projection
Numbrer of longitudinal ridges at midbody  12 14 16 18 20 28 38 22 Unknown 40-50 | Remaining taxa: Latronema aberrans (Allgén, 1934) Gerlach, 1964
Latronema annulatum (Gerlach, 1953) Wieser, 1954
Latronema botulum Gerlach, 1956
Latronema conglobatum Gerlach, 1964
Latronema deconincki Boucher, 1976
Latronema orcinum (Gerlach, 1952) Wieser, 1954
Latronema piraticum Wieser, 1954
Latronema sertatum Wieser, 1959
Latronema spinosum Andrássy, 1973
Latronema whataitai Leduc & Zhao, 2015
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