<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>This contribution provides the morphological and molecular identification of a new species of the genus <italic>Longidorella</italic> (<italic>Saevadorella</italic>). <italic>L. (S.) caspica</italic> n. sp., was recovered from the rhizospheric soil of grasses in Mazandaran province in the seashore of the Caspian Sea. It is characterized by females with a length of 788 to 874 μm and a cephalic region with prominent papillae; and separated from the rest of the body by a remarkable constriction, an odontostyle of 32 to 33 μm, vulva at 52.5 to 59.0%, and a tail of 33 to 38 μm with a rounded tip. Males have 32 to 35 μm long spicules of dorylaimoid form and five to seven ventral supplements ending at 48 to 55 μm distance from cloacal pair. The new species was morphologically compared with seven nominal species viz. <italic>L. (S.) arenicola, L. (S.) cuspidata, L. (S.) magna, L. (S.) perplexa, L. (S.) saadi</italic>, <italic>L.</italic> (<italic>S</italic>.) <italic>saevae</italic>, and <italic>L. (S.) tharensis</italic>. It was further compared with similar species under the subgenus <italic>Longidorella (Enchodorella)</italic> viz. <italic>L. (E.) deliblatica</italic> and <italic>L. (E.) murithi.</italic> Besides morphological studies, molecular phylogenetic studies using partial sequences of D2 to D3 expansion fragments of 28S rDNA were performed for the new species and its phylogenetic relationships with other species and genera were discussed.</p>
</abstract>

This contribution provides the morphological and molecular identification of a new species of the genus Longidorella (Saevadorella). L. (S.) caspica n. sp., was recovered from the rhizospheric soil of grasses in Mazandaran province in the seashore of the Caspian Sea. It is characterized by females with a length of 788 to 874 μm and a cephalic region with prominent papillae; and separated from the rest of the body by a remarkable constriction, an odontostyle of 32 to 33 μm, vulva at 52.5 to 59.0%, and a tail of 33 to 38 μm with a rounded tip. Males have 32 to 35 μm long spicules of dorylaimoid form and five to seven ventral supplements ending at 48 to 55 μm distance from cloacal pair. The new species was morphologically compared with seven nominal species viz. L. (S.) arenicola, L. (S.) cuspidata, L. (S.) magna, L. (S.) perplexa, L. (S.) saadi, L. (S.) saevae, and L. (S.) tharensis. It was further compared with similar species under the subgenus Longidorella (Enchodorella) viz. L. (E.) deliblatica and L. (E.) murithi. Besides morphological studies, molecular phylogenetic studies using partial sequences of D2 to D3 expansion fragments of 28S rDNA were performed for the new species and its phylogenetic relationships with other species and genera were discussed.

<article-title xml:lang="en">Description of <italic>Longidorella (Saevadorella) caspica</italic> n. sp. (Dorylaimida: Nordiidae) from north Iran

Journal of Nematology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Description of  n. sp. (Dorylaimida: Nordiidae) from north Iran

This contribution provides the morphological and molecular identification of a new species of the genus Longidorella (Saevadorella). L. (S.) caspica n. sp.,...

Description of Longidorella (Saevadorella) caspica n. sp. (Dorylaimida: Nordiidae) from north Iran

Published Online: Jan 01, 2021

Page range: 1 - 11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-004

Keywords
28S rDNA D2-D3, Molecular, Morphology, New species, Phylogeny, Taxonomy

© 2021 Authors, published by Sciendo.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Description of Longidorella (Saevadorella) caspica n. sp. (Dorylaimida: Nordiidae) from north Iran

Published Online: Jan 01, 2021

Page range: 1 - 11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-004

Keywords28S rDNA D2-D3, Molecular, Morphology, New species, Phylogeny, Taxonomy

© 2021 Authors, published by Sciendo.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
28S rDNA D2-D3, Molecular, Morphology, New species, Phylogeny, Taxonomy