Morphological and molecular characterisation of Enchodelus babakicus n. sp. and E. macrodorus Thorne, 1939 (Nematoda: Nordiidae) from Iran Author Pedram, Majid Author Niknam, Gholamreza Author Guerrero, Pablo Author Ye, Weimin Author Robbins, Robert T. text Nematology 2009 2009-01-01 11 6 895 907 journal article 57162 10.1163/156854109X430563 75e1a737-2d09-401e-aa3f-83bc4a2cdc0f 8114788

Table 1. Morphometrics of Enchodelus babakicus n. sp. and E. macrodorus (de Man, 1880) Thorne, 1939 from Iran. All measurements, unless indicated otherwise, are in µm and in the form: mean ± SD (range).

Character			E. babakicus n. sp.					E. macrodorus
	Female		Male	J1	J2	J3	J4	Female
	Holotype	Paratypes	Paratypes	Paratype	Paratype	Paratypes	Paratypes
n	–	15	12	1	1	8	10	11
L (mm)	1.4	1.37 ± 0.10	1.43 ± 0.08	0.57	0.81	0.81 ± 0.29	1.14 ± 0.09	1.52 ± 0.06
		(1.21-1.56)	(1.31-1.53)			(0.10-0.98)	(1.03-1.31)	(1.43-1.61)
a	23	23.0 ± 2.0	25 ± 2.0	27	28.7	25.2 ± 1.2	24.4 ± 2.9	21.0 ± 2.0
		(20-25.5)	(22.5-28)			(24.0-27.8)	(19.3-29.8)	(17.0-24.0)
b	4.7	4.5 ± 0.5	4.7 ± 0.2	3.5	3.5	3.9 ± 0.2	4.1 ± 0.4	4.7 ± 0.2
		(3.0-5.0)	(4.3-5.1)			(3.5-4.2)	(3.5-4.5)	(4.3-5.0)
c	75	72.5 ± 8.6	60.5 ± 6.5	13.3	46	54.5 ± 6.8	64.3 ± 7.3	80.0 ± 10.5
cļ	0.6	(60.5-92.5) 0.6 ± 0.0	(49.0-71.5) 0.7 ± 0.2	3	1	(47-64) 0.7 ± 0.1	(54.5-79) 0.6 ± 0.1	(65.0-91.5) 0.5 ± 0.1
		(0.5-0.7)	(0.5-0.9)			(0.6-0.9)	(0.5-0.7)	(0.4-0.6)
V	49	47.0 ± 1.5	–	–	–	–	–	43.0 ± 1.0
		(44-49)						(41.5-44.5)
Anterior end to vulva	689	637 ± 65.5	–	–	–	–	–	655 ± 23.5
		(453-718)						(625-706)
Lip region diam.	18	18 ± 0.6	18 ± 0.5	10	13	14 ± 0.5	16 ± 0.6	19 ± 0.5
		(17-19)	(17-20)			(13-15)	(15-17)	(18-20)
Odontostyle	41	43 ± 1.3	42 ± 1.5	11	20.5	28 ± 0.9	35 ± 1.6	44 ± 2.0
		(40-45)	(39-44)			(26-29)	(32-38)	(39-47)
Replacement odontostyle	–	–	–	18	28	35 ± 1.0	44 ± 1.5	–
						(34-37)	(41-47)
Odontophore	42	45 ± 2.6	47 ± 2.5	19	28	34 ± 1.0	40 ± 1.5	50 ± 3.0
		(37-51)	(41-50)			(32-35)	(37-42)	(46-57)
Stylet total length	76	88 ± 5.2	89 ± 3.2	–	–	–	–	–
		(79-95)	(83-94)
Anterior end to guiding ring	25	27 ± 1.0	27 ± 1.2	6	12.5	17 ± 0.3	22 ± 1.4	28 ± 1.7
		(26-30)	(25-28)			(17-18)	(20-25)	(25-31)
Neck length	301	310 ± 33.5	301 ± 16.2	162	231.5	237 ± 12.4	282 ± 20.0	323 ± 14.5
		(282-413)	(279-337)			(217-253)	(262-333)	(295-346)
Pharyngeal expansion length	107	111 ± 9.5	106 ± 8.7	57	80.5	82 ± 5.0	95 ± 6.6	122 ± 7.5
		(100-136)	(92-119)			(73-91)	(86-108)	(112-137)
Pharyngeal expansion diam.	32	27 ± 3.3	28 ± 2.4	14	17.5	21 ± 1.8	25 ± 2.5	32 ± 3.0
		(20-33)	(24-32)			(19-25)	(22-31)	(26-38)
Diam. at neck base	62	59 ± 6.0	57 ± 4.5	22.5	29.5	38 ± 3.5	49 ± 5.0	70 ± 6.7
		(49-72)	(47-64)			(35-46)	(39-55)	(64-86)
– at mid-body	61	59 ± 6.2	57.5 ± 5.8	21.5	28	37 ± 2.6	47 ± 5.7	73 ± 7.7
		(49-71)	(47-66)			(34-42)	(38-55)	(68-92)
– at anus	29	32 ± 2.0	33 ± 2.2	14.5	18	23 ± 1.8	29 ± 2	39 ± 4.5
		(29-35)	(29-36)			(20-25)	(26-33)	(32-48)
Tail length	19	19 ± 1.5	24 ± 3.2	43	17.5	17 ± 1.8	18 ± 2.0	19± 2.3
		(16-22)	(19-30)			(14-20)	(15-22)	(17-23)
Cuticle at tail end	11.3	11.0 ± 0.8	9.5 ± 1.0	27.5	7	7.1 ± 0.6	8.8 ± 0.8	13.4 ± 1.0
		(9.5-12.5)	(7.5-12)			(6.3-8.0)	(7-9.5)	(12-14.5)
Spicule length	–	–	55.3 ± 3.5	–	–	–	–	–
			(49-61)
Spicule width	–	–	12.3 ± 1.0	–	–	–	–	–
			(11.5-14)
Supplements	–	–	(10-14)	–	–	–	–	–
Prerectum	151	203 ± 21.7	–	50	119	123 ± 5.3	174 ± 18.0	239 ± 12.8
		(171-232)				(117-129)	(154-197)	(217-254)
Rectum	30	34 ± 2.3	–	8.1	15	20 ± 2	26 ± 3.4	35 ± 2.5
		(29-38)				(18-23)	(22-32)	(31-39)