taxonID	type	description	language	source
6E38879CD279FF95FDBFF8D50E2AFB67.taxon	description	(Fig. 1 A-G, Fig. 2; measurements in Table I) Female (n = 6): Medium size, fairly plump. Body almost straight to slightly curved ventrad upon fixation. Cuticle multilayered, about 4 gum thick at midbody, increasing to 15 gum around tail tip. Transverse striae on outer layer of cuticle more prominent towards both extremities. Lateral chord (Fig. 1 G) about one-fifth of the body diameter at midbody. Lateral, ventral and dorsal body pores present. Lip region distinctly set off by a constriction (Fig. lA, B), about 27 - 32 % of the body width at base of neck. Lips rounded, partially amalgamated. Oral aperture hexagonal (Fig. 1 C). Amphid aperture about half the lip region width (8 - 9 p. m). Odontostyle 20 - 23 pm long, cylindrical, 1.2 - 1.3 times lip region width, the aperture 7 - 9 µm. Odontophore simple, slightly longer (1.2 - 1.5 times) than odontostyle. Guiding ring 10 - 12 µm from anterior end, single, unsclerotized (Fig. 1 B). Nerve ring encircling anterior part of oesophagus. Anterior slender part of oesophagus less muscular than the basal expanded part (Fig. 1 A). Basal, gradually enlarged, portion of oesophagus is 57 - 61 % of the neck length, its maximum width about 56 - 65 % of the corresponding body diameter. Position of oesophageal gland nuclei (difficult to observe) as follows (n = 5): DO = 44.9 - 49.5; DN = 47.4 - 51.4; DO-DN = 10 - 15 µm; S 1 N 1 = 67.8 - 78.1; S 1 N 2 = 70.8 - 78.9; S 2 N = 84.6 - 90; K = 90.0 (86 - 97) (Fig. 2). Oesophago-intestinal disc absent. Cardia conoid-rounded, 19 - 27.5 µm long. Reproductive system didelphic, amphidelphic; ovaries reflexed 37 - 62 %. Pars dilatata oviductus and pars dilatata uteri separated by a distinct sphincter muscle. Vulva a transverse slit, vagina about half the corresponding body diameter, strongly muscular, thickwalled, with slightly trapezoidal sclerotized pieces. Sperm cells and eggs present in some specimens (Fig. 1 E). Rectum about equal to, prerectum 2 - 3.7 times, anal body diameter. Tail short, conoid and bluntly rounded with saccate bodies ventrally or all around the tail tip. Two pairs of caudal pores present (Fig. ID). Male (n = 13); Similar to female but posterior part of body is more curved ventrad. Diorchic with testes opposed. Spicules arcuate, slender (Fig. 1 F). Lateral guiding pieces almost straight. Supplements consisting of an adanal pair situated 10 - 13 pm anterior to cloacal opening, and a row of 22 - 28 regularly spaced ventromedian ones, ending 10 - 30 gm anterior to the spicules. There are 50 - 65 copulatory muscles which exceed the ranges of ventromedian supplements. Prerectum 4.5 and rectum 1.2 times body diameter at cloacal opening. The intestine-prerectum junction located in the range of supplement series. Three rectal glands present. Tail similar to that of female with saccate bodies (Fig. IF).	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD279FF95FDBFF8D50E2AFB67.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The species is distinguished by its medium size, odontostyle 20 - 23 gum long, shape of tail, presence of saccate bodies and males with numerous (22 - 28) regularly spaced ventromedian supplements. Differential diagnosis: Tubixaba saccata sp. n. is close to T. minima Botha & Heyns, 1990 and T. parva Pretorius, Kruger & Heyns, 1987 (Syn. T. tswanorum Nell & Heyns, 1987). It can be distinguished from T. minima by longer body (2.13 - 2.74 mm vs 1.72 - 2.12 mm), longer odontostyle (20 - 23 J. 1 m vs 16.5 - 19 Jl. m) and tail (33 - 47.5 gum vs 23 - 31 1 pm), by the shape of tail and lack of male in T. minima. T. saccata sp. n. can be distinguished from T. parva by its shorter body size (2.13 - 2.74 mm vs 3.27 - 4.97 mm), longer odontostyle (20 - 23 pm vs 14 - 19 gum) and larger number of supplements (22 - 28 vs 14 - 19). From the type species, T. tuxaua Monteiro & Lordello, 1980, the new species can be separated very easily by smaller size ofbody, odontostyle and spicules (L = 9.44 - 11.66 mm, odontostyle 29 - 33 pm, spicules 195 - 206 pm in T. tuxaua), by thinner cuticle (4 J. 1 m vs 12 - 14 pm at midbody, 10 - 15 pm vs 18 - 20 gm on tail) and by larger number of supplements (22 - 28 vs 10 - 13).	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD279FF95FDBFF8D50E2AFB67.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality and habitat: The type population, consisting of six females and 13 males, was collected in September, 1975 from an alluvial typic vermic soil (Pop & Postolache, 1987) of a montane grassland situated at 1000 m altitude, in the Poiana Ponor, Padis karstic region of the Bihor Mountains (Western Carpathians), Romania. Type specimens: Holotype female and one paratype male on slide no. 49994 deposited in the Collection of the Natural Historical Museum " Gr. Antipa ", Bucharest, Romania; two slides with two paratype females and respectively three paratype males in the Nematology Department, Agricultural University Wageningen, the Netherlands. Other paratypes deposited in the Department of Ecology, Biological Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD27DFF96FD9AFAC10D38FDB9.taxon	description	(Fig. 3 A-D; measurements in Table II). Female (n = 31): Body curved ventrad into open C-shape upon fixation. Cuticle 2.5 - 4.5 J. 1 mthick at midbody, 5 - 9 pm on dorsal side of tail and 7.5 - 12.5 pm on tail tip. The inner layer with very fine transverse striae. Lateral chord one-fourth of body diameter. Lips rounded, distinctly set off by a constriction (Fig. 3 A, B). Amphids stirrup-shaped, half the lip region width. Odontostyle long and narrow, 1.6 width oflip region, its aperture occupying one-sixth of its length. Odontophore 1.6 length odontostyle, with small swellings at its base, maximum flange width 4 - 5 J. 1 m. Guiding ring " double ", its fixed ring one head width from the anterior body end (Fig. 3 B). The nerve ring surrounds the oesophagus at 35 - 46 % of its length from anterior end. The oesophagus begins to widen at 53 - 63 % of its length from anterior end. Cardia conoid-rounded, 12 - 19 J. 1 mlong. Locations of oesophageal gland nuclei as follows (n = 18): DO = 60.3 (55.7 - 63); DN = 63.7 (59.5 - 66.7); DO-DN = 15 (11 - 18 gm); SIN = 75 (72 - 76.8); S 2 N = 85.8 (82.8 - 89.7); S 20 = 87.2 (84.5 - 91.3). Reproductive system didelphic; gonads opposed, reflexed, oocytes in a single row. A weakly developed sphincter separates oviduct and uterus (Fig. 3 D). No sperm, no eggs in the uteri. Vulva a transverse, pre-equatorial slit. Vagina with sclerotized walls, extends to half of the corresponding body width. Slightly sclerotized heart-shaped pieces at vulva-vagina junction.. Tail bluntly conoid, 0.9 - 1.3 anal body widths long (Fig. 3 C), with a pair of pores on each side. Rectum 1 - 1.3 and prerectum 3.2 - 7.5 anal body widths long. Juvenile (third stage) (n = 2): L = 1.39 - 1.47 mm; a = 29.2 - 33.7; b = 4 - 4.2; c = 33.1 - 39.3; c' = 1.2 - 1.3; odontostyle = 17.5 - 19 pm; odontophore = 26 - 30 total stylet = 45 - 47.5 J. 1 m; replacement odontostyle = 24.5 gum. Female (into fourth-stage cuticle) (n = 1): L = 1.59 mm; a = 29; b = 4; c = 41.2; c' = 1.03; V = 48.3 %; odontostyle = 23.7 gm; odontophore = 33.7 gm; total spear = 57.5 replaced odontostyle = 20 pm. Male not found.	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD27DFF96FD9AFAC10D38FDB9.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis: Enchodelus ponorensis sp. n. is close to E. parateres Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1974 by the lip region set off, odontostyle over one head-width long, odontophore with weak basal flanges, and tail bluntly conoid, without saccate bodies. It differs from E. parateres by its longer body (1.69 - 2.07 mm vs 1.13 - 1.34 mm), longer odontostyle and odontophore (22.5 - 25 pm vs 20 - 23 Am, respectively 32 - 5 - 37.5 gum vs 22 - 28 pm), by lack of oesophageal-intestinal disc, by position of vulva, mostly pre-equatorial (44 - 51 % vs 51 - 53 %), longer prerectum (3.2 - 7.5 vs 3.6 - 3.9), by shape of tail and lack of males.	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD27DFF96FD9AFAC10D38FDB9.taxon	materials_examined	Type habitat and locality: All type specimens collected in September, 1975; August, 1988; and July, 1991 from an alluvial typic vermic soil of a montane grassland, at 1000 m altitude, in the Poiana Ponor, Padis karstic region of the Bihor Mountains (Western Carpathians), Romania. Type specimens: Holotype and three paratypes on slides no. 49995 and 49996 deposited in the Collection of the Natural Historical Museum " Gr. Antipa ", Bucharest, Romania. Three paratypes deposited in the Nematology Department, Agricultural University Wageningen, the Netherlands; one female in CNCN Ottawa, Canada; other paratypes deposited in the Department of Ecology, Biological Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD27DFF96FD9AFAC10D38FDB9.taxon	discussion	The species name comes from the type locality name, the Ponor glade.	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD27EFF9BFD44FDD608E5F9F8.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 A-E; measurements in Table III). Female (n = 5): Body slightly curved ventrad upon fixation. Cuticle 2.5 - 5 Jlm thick at midbody, 7 - 9.5 pm on dorsal side at tail base, 7 - 12 J. 1 m on tail tip. Lateral chord one-fifth to one-sixth of body diameter. Lips rounded, hemispheroidal, distinctly set off from body (Fig. 4 A-B). Amphids stirrup-shaped, their aperture 7.5 - 10 J. 1 m. Guiding ring " double ", 1.2 head-widths from anterior end. Odontostyle long, 1.8 - 2 widths of lip region, its aperture occupying 1 / 10 of its length (Fig. 4 B). Odontophore 1.1 - 1.3 the odontostyle length with well developed basal flanges, maximum flange width 5 - 8 pm at its base. Nerve ring surrounds the anterior part of oesophagus at 40 - 44 % of its length from anterior end. Cardia short, hemispheroidal, 12.5 - 19 gm long. The oesophagus (Fig. 4 A) begins to widen at 38 - 41 % of its length from anterior end. Maximum oesophagus width 31 - 35 gum, half the corresponding body diameter at the base of oesophagus. The distance DO-DN is 12.5 - 15 gm, or 3.5 % of the oesophagus length. Locations of the oesophageal gland nuclei as follows (n = 5): DO = 62.4 (60.7 - 65.2); DN = 67.6 (64.4 - 68.9); S 1 N 1 = 74.6 (73.1 - 77.1); SIN 2 = 76 (74.8 - 77.8); S 2 N = 86.7 (86 - 87.4); K = 85.5 (83.6 - 92.1). Reproductive system didelphic: gonads opposed, reflexed 44 - 65 %, oocytes in a single row (Fig. 4 C). A sphincter separates oviduct and uterus. Eggs measuring 110 x 48 pm and 112.5 x 42 J. 1 mare present one at a time in the uteri in two specimens. Vulva a transverse, pre-equatorial slit, vagina with sclerotized walls extends to 40 - 55 % of the corresponding body width, with well sclerotized heart-shaped pieces at vulva-vagina junction. Rectum 0.6 - 1.1 and prerectum 4 - 5 anal body widths long (Fig. 4 D). Tail smoothly rounded, 0.6 - 0.8 anal body width long, with two pairs of caudal pores. Male (n = 9): Body similar to female but with the posterior part more curved ventrad. Diorchic with testes oppposed. Spicules arcuate, fairly stout (Fig. 4 E). Lateral guiding pieces almost straight, 9 - 12.5 gm long. Supplements consisting of an adanal pair and a row of 13 - 16 regularly spaced ventromedian ones, one to three of them within the range of spicules. Juvenile (second stage?) (n = 4): L = 1.08 - 1.40 mm; a = 19.8 - 33.3; b = 3.5 - 4.8; c = 43.2 - 57.7; c' = 0.67 - 1; odontostyle = 20 - 32.5 gum; odontophore = 32.5 - 40 gum; replacement odontostyle = 25 - 44 pm. Juvenile (third stage) (n = 1): L = 1.76 mm; a = 32; b = 5.5; c = 56; c' = 0.86; odontostyle = 30 gm; odontophore = 45 replacement odontostyle = 37.5 pm.	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD27EFF9BFD44FDD608E5F9F8.taxon	materials_examined	Type habitat and locality: Type population collected in June, 1987 from a subalpine grassland on limestone, under Saxifraga moschata Wulf., at 1950 - 2000 m altitude, in the Retezatul Mic Mountains (Piatra Iorgovanului and Albele) (the Southern Carpathians), Romania. Type specimens: Holotype and two paratypes (female, male) on slides no. 49997 and 49998 deposited in the Collection of the Natural Historical Museum " Gr. Antipa " Bucharest, Romania. One female and one male in the Nematology Department, Agricultural University Wageningen, the Netherlands; two males at Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, England; other specimens deposited in the Department of Ecology, Biological Research Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD27EFF9BFD44FDD608E5F9F8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: The species Enchodelus saxifragae sp. n. is distinguished by its long body, about 2 mm, lip region distinctly set off, lips rounded, odontostyle fairly long, 1.6 - 2 head-widths long, vulva pre-equatorial, tail short, smoothly rounded. Males have long spicules (56 - 70 pm) and 13 - 16 ventromedian supplements. Differential diagnosis: Enchodelus saxifragae sp. n. is close to E. distinctus Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1980, E. hopedoroides Altherr, 1963 and E. ponorensis sp. n. by having lip region distinctly set off from body. It differs from E. distinctus by its longer body (L = 1.85 mm, only one female, in E. distinctus), longer odontostyle (37.5 - 40 pm vs 36 gm), lack of oesophago-intestinal disc (present in E. distinctus), vulva pre-equatorial vs post-equatorial, and by the presence of male (not found in E. distinctus). The new species differs from E. hopedoroides by its longer body (1.42 - 1.85 mm in E. hopedoroides), hemispheroidal lips (angular in E. hopedoroides), longer odontostyle (37.5 - 40 vs 33 J. 1 m) and odontophore (45 - 52.5 vs 43 pm) and by the presence of male (not found in E. hopedoroides). E. saxifragae sp. n. can be distinghuised from E. ponorensis sp. n. by its longer body (L = 2.03 - 2.35 mm vs L = 1.65 - 2.07 mm), odontostyle and odontophore (37.5 - 40 vs 23 - 25 Ujn, respectively 45 - 52.5 vs 32.5 - 37.5 J. 1 m), wider and more set off lip region, a more posterior position of fixed guiding ring (see Tables II and III) as well as shorter and smoothly rounded tail (25 - 32.5 vs 35 - 45 J. 1 m), and in the presence of male (absent in E. ponorensis sp. n.).	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD27EFF9BFD44FDD608E5F9F8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Enchodelus saxifragae sp. n. was found together with E. macrodorus (de Man, 1880) Thorne, 1939, but it could be easily distinguished from this cosmopolitan species by its longer body, distinctly set off lip region and males with more numerous ventromedian supplements.	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD273FF9BFE8CF90A0889F813.taxon	description	(measurements in Table IV)	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
6E38879CD273FF9BFE8CF90A0889F813.taxon	discussion	During a long period of ecological research throughout Romania different populations of Enchodelus macrodorus were collected. The specimens agree well with the description given by Thorne (1939).	en	Popovici, Iuliana (1995): New Species Of Tubixaba And Enchodelus (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) From Romania. Nematologica 41: 435-448, DOI: 10.1163/003925995X00396
