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Specimen #294

Specimen record details
Entry Number 294
Nematode Genus Not a nematode
Nematode Species (Turbellaria: Adenoplea nanus)
Common Name Moss
Country USA
State Maryland
City/Locale Beltsville
Collector Richard Sayre
Date Collected 1990 Dec 18
Date Received 1993 Jul 07
Determined By A. Morgan Golden, Zafar A. Handoo
Taxon Author R. M. Sayre, W. P. Wergin
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Moss cushions
Total Samples 1
Slide Number T-501t, T-4509p, T-4510p, T-4511p, T-4512p, T-4513p, T-4514p
Vial Number T-368p, T-369p
Reference Transactions of the American Microscopical Society (1994) 113(3): 263-275.
Remarks 501t: holotype. Rest of slides and vials: paratypes. Adenoplea nanus: nematode predator. Moss cushions: from damp forest floor under a canopy of pine (Pinus virginiana) intermingled with deciduous trees (primarily yellow poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera).