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Entry Number: 3319

Disposition of Sample

Specimens to USDANC (Type)

Nematode

Desmoscolex michaelseni

Origin

South-West Africa Lüderitzbucht (0-10m)

Collector

W. Michaelsen

Date Collected

1911 Jul 24

Date Received

1911 Jul 24

Slides

T-251t (Holotype - female)

Author

G. Steiner (1916); W. Decraemer (1976)

Reference

Zoologishchen Anzeiger 47: 322-350; Biologisch Jaarboek 44: 123-134

Remarks

Origin/country: South-West Africa was not the independent nation Namibia until 1990.