1. Description of Hemicycliophora geraerti n. sp. (Tylenchida: Hemicycliophoridae) associated with Prunus persica L. from China.
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Zhang, Chenying, Munawar, Maria, Castillo, Pablo, Han, Shaojie, and Zheng, Jingwu
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PRUNUS , *PEACH , *MOLECULAR phylogeny , *MITOCHONDRIAL DNA , *MIGRATORY animals , *VULVA - Abstract
Summary: Hemicycliophora species are migratory root ectoparasites of higher plants, commonly known as sheath nematodes. The present study describes a new species, Hemicycliophora geraerti n. sp., recovered from the rhizosphere of peach tree (Prunus persica) in Zhejiang Province, China. This species is characterised by a cuticular sheath loosely fitting to the body, a lip region slightly set-off with body contour bearing 3-4 annuli, oral plate narrow, ovate, and non-protruding, amphidial apertures plugged, dorsoventrally flanked in the first lip annulus, stylet 110 (103-116) μ m long and flexible, excretory pore located 4-7 annuli posterior to the base of the pharyngeal bulb; vulval lips modified with a small vulval sleeve, anus located 16 (13-21) annuli posterior to vulva, tail elongated, having a narrowly rounded slightly offset spike. The molecular characterisation and phylogenetic analyses based on D2-D3 expansion segments of the 28S rRNA, ITS rRNA, and COI mtDNA gene indicated the unique status and support the novelty of this population of Hemicycliophora , therefore herein described as H. geraerti n. sp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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