Datta, T. K.; Chakraborty, S. K.; Mohapatra, A. (2017). First Report of Ptycholaimellus macrodentatus (Timm, 1961) (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from Indian Coast. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 117(3): 274.
The first reporting of Ptycholaimellus macrodentatus from Indian coast is being made given due importance on the comparative morphometrics. The specimens under the present study have been found to attain a maximum length up to 1111 µm, are endowed with a long s-shaped dorsal tooth, collar enclosing the labial rugae, a groove at the base and double
oesophageal bulb. All the specimens studied had a long ventral gland originated far behind of the oesophagus and opened into a small slit. This species was previously reported from the coastal Bangladesh and off the Kenyan water.