On Nanognathia, a New Gnathostomulid Genus from the East Coast of the United States

✍ Scribed by Dr. Wolfgang E. Sterrer

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 772 KB
• Volume: 58
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-2944
• DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19730580107

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In continuation of a series of papers describing new representatives of the phylum Gnathostomulida from the east coast of North America, the monotypic genus Nanognathia is presented. It is distinguished by small size, grouped epidermal inclusions on the ventral body surface, and flattened basket‐type jaws with long teeth of which one is developed as a terminal tooth. Together with the structure of the reproductive system, these characteristics place Nanognathia within the suborder Scleroperalia, family Onychognathiidae.