Articulo
First data of Iberian Nematomorpha, with redescription of <i>Gordius aquaticus</i> Linnaeus, <i>G. plicatulus</i> Heinze, <i>Gordionus wolterstorffii</i> (Camerano) and <i>Paragordius tricuspidatus</i> (Dufour)
Autor
Villalobos, Leonor Cristina de
Ribera, Ignacio López
Bilton, David T.
Institución
Resumen
Four species of Nematomorpha are recorded from NE Spain, representing the first reliable data on the group in the Iberian peninsula. <i>Gordius aquaticits</i> Linnaeus, 1758, <i>G. plicatulus</i> Heinze, 1937, <i>Gordionus wolterstorffii</i> (Camerano, 1888) and <i>Paragordius tricuspidatus</i> (Dufour, 1828) are redescribed based on scanning electron microscope observations. Notes on intraspecific morphological variation and ecology of the species are given. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo