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Entry Number: 46332

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Trichistoma helicoformis
Host
(lichen growing on tree bark)
Origin
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Collector
Howard Ferris
Date Collected
August 2012
Date Received
27 Nov 2018
Slides
T-7206p, T-7207p
Author
Cid Del Prado-Vera, I., Ferris, H., & Nadler, S. A. (2016).
Reference
Five new species of the family Trischistomatidae (Nematoda: Enoplida) from North and Central America, with keys to the species of Trischistoma and Tripylina. Zootaxa, 4109(2), 173-197.
Remarks
Both slides contain Female specimens