Nématodes marins de Guadeloupe: V. <i>Lauratonema spiculifer</i> Gerlach,1959; description du système reproducteur des Lauratonematidae

Abstract

Lauratonema spiculifer Gerlach, 1959, is redescribed. Females are devoid of vulva and possess a characteristic intra-uterine sphincter. The two genera of the Lauratonematidae are discussedwith peculiar references to the female genital system structures of L. spiculifer and Lauratonemoides originalis (Gerlach, 1956)