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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Entry Number: 294

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Not a nematode (Turbellaria: Adenoplea nanus)
Host
(Moss) in/on Moss cushions
Origin
USA Maryland Beltsville
Collector
Richard Sayre
Date Collected
1990 Dec 18
Date Received
1993 Jul 07
Slides
T-501t, T-4509p, T-4510p, T-4511p, T-4512p, T-4513p, T-4514p
Vials
T-368p, T-369p
Author
R. M. Sayre, W. P. Wergin
Reference
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society (1994) 113(3): 263-275.
Remarks
501t: holotype. Rest of slides and vials: paratypes. Adenoplea nanus: nematode predator. Moss cushions: from damp forest floor under a canopy of pine (Pinus virginiana) intermingled with deciduous trees (primarily yellow poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera).