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1992

The University of Southern Mississippi

Florida

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Eleven New Species Of Free-Living Marine Nematodes, Edwin J. Keppner Jan 1992

Eleven New Species Of Free-Living Marine Nematodes, Edwin J. Keppner

Gulf and Caribbean Research

The genus Halalaimus is reviewed and divided into four groups based on characters of the male. Characters used to separate the groups of males include presence or absence of caudal algae and the presence or absence of a precloacal sensillum and/or pore. Ten new species are described from St. Andrew Bay, Bay County, Florida, and H. gerlachi n. sp. is proposed for H. gracilis sensu GerIach, 1967. New species from St. Andrew Bay are H. thalassinus, H. tarjani, H. bayensis, H. bulbocaudatus, H. variabilis, H. paracomatus, H. americanus, H. floridanus, H. brimi, …