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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 3326

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Tricoma intermedia
Host
in/on Water (5 Fathoms)*
Origin
Ghana Prampram, Gold Coast
Collector
C. Hupfer
Date Received
1888
Slides
T-1750p (Paratype) Types not published
Author
G. Steiner
Reference
Zoologischer Anzeiger Nr.11 vom 1 August und Nr.12 vom 18 (1916) 47: 322-350.
Remarks
Note: Specimen examined by AMG & DE, appeared as Steiner's illustrations, including the 2 round things on the tail. Specimen now in poor condition as Wilfrida DeCraemer of Belgium crushed it in 1975. *Heim Boden-Home soil or bottom in 9m depth.