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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 37755

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Actinolaimus michaelseni
Origin
South-West Africa Windhoek
Collector
Michaelsen
Date Collected
1911 May 22
Slides
T-5334p
Author
G. Steiner (1916)
Reference
Nematodes. pp. 377-411 in: W. Michaelsen (ed.) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süßwasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas: Ergebnisse der Hamburger deutsch-südwestafrikanischen Studienreise 1911, Band I. (1914-1916)
Remarks
Male paratype. (part of Steiner's Mermithid Collection) Origin/country: South-West Africa was not the independent nation Namibia until 1990.