Enchodelus makarovae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dorylaimoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Cycloneuralia
Cladus: Nematoida
Phylum: Nematoda
Classis: Enoplea
Subclassis: Dorylaimia
Ordo: Dorylaimida
Superfamilia: Dorylaimoidea

Familia: Nordiidae
Genus: Enchodelus
Species:

Name

  • Enchodelus makarovae Elshishka, Lazarova & Peneva, 2012: figs 1-6
Holotype: Nematode collection of the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BAS.
Type locality: Different types of vegetation from a polygonal polar desert on Bol’shevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic.
Etymology: "The species is named in honor of Dr. Olga Makarova (Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russia) who is an outstanding biologist investigating polar habitats and has kindly provided us with numerous nematode materials from Arctic polar deserts."

References

  • Elshishka, Milka, Stela Lazarova & Vlada Peneva, 2012: Studies of the genus Enchodelus Thorne, 1939 (Nematoda, Nordiidae) from Arctic polar deserts. 1. Species with long odontostyle: E. makarovae sp. n. and E. groenlandicus (Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne, 1939, with an identification key to the species of the E. macrodorus group. ZooKeys, 212: 1–23. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.212.3464