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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.