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Tylocephalus auriculatus Anderson, 1966

nemátodo, Nematode

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Nematoda

Class
Adenophorea

Order
Leptolaimina

Family
Plectidae

Genus
Tylocephalus

Species
auriculatus

Taxon category: Accepted

References

De Ley, P. Coomans, A. (1996) Terrestrial nematodes from the Gahipagos Archipelago. 7. Description of Tylocephalus nimius sp.n. and new data on the morphology, development and behaviour of T. auriculatus (Biitschli, 1873) Anderson, 1966 (Leptolaimina: Plectidae). Fundam. Appl. Nematol. 20(3): 213-228.

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