Sectonema procta N. Sp., and Pungentus angulatus N. Sp., two new soil-inhabiting nematodes

Abstract

Sectonema procta n. sp., is 4.9-5.5 mm long; has very thick cuticle; about 200 lateral body pores arranged in a single row or irregularly; about 100 ventral body pores distributed between base of mural tooth and anus; about 15 dorsal body pores distributed between base of mural tooth and middle of esophagus; small egg one-third of body width long; rectum one and a half anal-body-widths long and males unknown. Pungentus angulatus n. sp., is 0.8-1.0 mm long; has spear about two head widths long; slender body (a = 46-52); short convex-conoid to bluntly rounded tail (c = 64-72); opisthodelphic reproductive organs; anterior uterine branch minute and males unknown.