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Table 5 Comparison of Halomonhystera hermesi (females) with lineages identified by Fonseca et al. (2008)

From: Description of two free-living nematode species of Halomonhystera disjuncta complex (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from two peculiar habitats in the sea

Species and lineages

Characters

L

a

b

c

c′

Distance from cephalic apex to anterior rim of amphideal fovea divided by body diameter at level of cephalic setae

Distance from vulva to anus divided by tail length

hermesi

635–1,082

17.9–27.2

4.1–6

8.4–11.3

4.5–5.5

0.7–1

0.23–0.39

GD1

845–1,125

21–25.3

2.6–3.8

9.7–12.7

3.3–3.8

1.22–1.68

0.19–0.48

GD2

951–1,090

25.5–28.6

3.0–3.8

9.8–13.4

4.2–5.3

1.21–1.46

0.26–0.49

GD3

911–1,224

21.3–28.1

2.2–3.3

9.3–11.5

4.3–5.4

1.08–1.49

0.29–0.38

GD4

826–1,151

21.1–26.3

2.8–3.4

9.6–13

3.5–4.7

1.04–1.69

0.17–0.33

GD5

804–1,005

20.7–23.9

2.1–3.2

13.1–15.2

3.1–3.8

1.32–1.92

0.28–0.38

  1. Character values non-overlapped with those of H. hermesi are underlined with a line