Tripylella quitoensis is a species of nematodes, first found in Fátima, Portugal. It can be differentiated by its rather short body length (averaging 0.72 millimetres (0.028 in)); possessing short outer labial setae; its short pharynx; carrying anterior subventral teeth and a posterior dorsal tooth in the same stomal chamber; having a short tail; exhibiting body pores and somatic setae, as well as a striated cuticle and non-protruding vulval lips, among other characteristics.[1]

Tripylella quitoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Enoplida
Family: Tripylidae
Genus: Tripylella
Species:
T. quitoensis
Binomial name
Tripylella quitoensis
Cid del Prado Vera, Ferris & Nadler, 2016

References edit

  1. ^ DEL PRADO-VERA, IGNACIO CID, Howard Ferris, and Steven A. Nadler. "Five new species of the genus Tripylella (Nematoda: Enoplida: Tripylidae)."Zootaxa 4109.2 (2016): 198-217.