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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 3332

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Desmoscolex sp.
Other Nematodes
Protodesmoscolex antarticos
Host
in/on Water (3423 m, deep-sea dredgings)
Origin
Antarctica Gauss Station (66 2' 9'' S) (89 38' E)
Collector
G. Steiner (German South Polar Expedition)
Date Received
1902 Dec 06
Slides
T-134t (male)
Author
R. W. Timm (1970)
Reference
University of California Publications in Zoology 93: 1-115