Scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation of <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)

The nematomorph species <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) are redescribed by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). C. festae has a cuticle with four different areolar types, the crown areoles being the most noticeable with long...

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Autores principales: Villalobos, Leonor Cristina de, Zanca, Fernanda Mariel
Formato: Articulo
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Publicado: 2001
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Naturales
Electron Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Body Length
Intraspecific Variation
Body Colour
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Electron Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Body Length
Intraspecific Variation
Body Colour
Villalobos, Leonor Cristina de
Zanca, Fernanda Mariel
Scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation of <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Electron Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Body Length
Intraspecific Variation
Body Colour
description The nematomorph species <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) are redescribed by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). C. festae has a cuticle with four different areolar types, the crown areoles being the most noticeable with long spiniform processes. The terminal end in the male specimen has two short lobe-like structures and a ventral groove. <i>C. peraccae</i> has three areolar types in which, as in C. festae, some areoles form groups surrounding the crown areoles. Intraspecific variations were found in body length and body colour in both species and, in <i>C. peraccae</i>, also in the cuticle.
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author Villalobos, Leonor Cristina de
Zanca, Fernanda Mariel
author_facet Villalobos, Leonor Cristina de
Zanca, Fernanda Mariel
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title Scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation of <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)
title_short Scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation of <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)
title_full Scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation of <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)
title_fullStr Scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation of <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)
title_full_unstemmed Scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation of <i>Chordodes festae</i> Camerano, 1897 and <i>C. peraccae</i> (Camerano, 1894) (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)
title_sort scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation of <i>chordodes festae</i> camerano, 1897 and <i>c. peraccae</i> (camerano, 1894) (nematomorpha: gordioidea)
publishDate 2001
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/139182
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