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Free-living marine nematodes from Biscayne Bay, Florida, II. Oncholaimidae: descriptions of five new species and one new genus (Meyersia)

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A new genus, Meyersia, and five new species of the nematode family Oncholaimidae, are described from Biscayne Bay, Florida, and environs, viz., Metoncholaimus pelor n. sp., M. amplus n. sp., Meyersia major n. gen., n. sp., M. minor n. sp., and Filoncholaimus prolatus n. sp. Also included in the genus Meyersia are Adoncholaimus bandaenis Kreis, 1932 and A. meridionalis Kreis, 1932.

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Hopper, B.E. Free-living marine nematodes from Biscayne Bay, Florida, II. Oncholaimidae: descriptions of five new species and one new genus (Meyersia). Marine Biol. 1, 145–151 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386521

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