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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Entry Number: 141

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Plectus galapagensis
Host
Cryptocarpus sp. (Sand) in/on Sand (light)
Origin
Ecuador Galapagos (5m alt. in littoral zone of Isla Santa Fe)
Collector
via Paul De Ley
Date Collected
1988 Feb 12
Date Received
1994 Jun 14
Slides
T-4498p & T-4499p (Paratypes)
Author
P. De Ley & A. Coomans
Reference
Biologie 64 (1994) : 43-70.