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http://dx.doi.org/10.5635/KJSZ.2008.24.2.199

Redescription of Desmotimmia mirabilis (Timm, 1961) (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida, Desmoscolecidae) from South Korea  

Chang, Cheon-Young (Department of Biological Science, Daegu University)
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Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity / v.24, no.2, 2008 , pp. 199-203 More about this Journal
Abstract
Desmotimmia mirabilis (Timm), a rarely known desmoscolecid nematode species, was discovered for the first time from the Yellow Sea off southwestern coast of Korea. This is the third record of the species, and the first report from the northwestern Pacific region. Redescription is prepared on the basis of a male specimen from South Korea.
Keywords
Free-living marine Nematoda; Desmoscolecida; Desmoscolecidae; Desmotimmia; new record; Korea;
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