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Fauna Ibérica, Volume 34: Nematoda: Rhabditida

Flora / Fauna Identification Key Monograph
Series: Fauna Ibérica Volume: 34
By: Joaquín Abolafía Cobaleda(Author), Pablo Guerrero Rodríguez(Author), Reyes Peña Santiago(Author)
267 pages, 72 b/w photos and b/w line drawings
Fauna Ibérica, Volume 34: Nematoda: Rhabditida
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Language: Spanish

This monograph of the series Fauna Ibérica is devoted to the order Rhabditida, a nematode taxon very frequently found in natural and arable soils as well as in freshwater sediments, but extremely rare in marine habitats. The order Rhabditida is divided in four suborders which differ in the morphology of lip region, stoma (buccal cavity) and pharynx. All of them known to occur in our fauna represented by 15 families, 36 genera and 83 species.

The initial section devoted to general morphology of adult forms, information concerning their natural history, and the methodology used for their study. The second, longer section presents the group’s taxonomy study: diagnoses of the taxa, identification keys to species level, as well as descriptions, measurements and illustrations of every species present in the Iberian-Balearic fauna.

This work is the first study of this type written in Spanish, and certainly be a reference work in its field for further comparable studies in both our country and abroad.

Summary in Spanish:
Esta monografía de la Serie Fauna Ibérica está dedicada al orden Rhabditida, un grupo de Nematodos muy frecuente en los suelos naturales o cultivados y en los sedimentos de hábitats acuáticos epicontinentales, pero muy raro en ambientes marinos.

El orden Rhabditida se divide en cuatro subórdenes que difieren entre sí en la morfología de la región labial, el estoma (cavidad bucal) y la faringe. Todos ellos están representados en nuestra fauna por 15 familias, 36 géneros y 83 especies.

La sección inicial revisa la morfología general del estado adulto y algunos detalles de la historia natural del grupo y describe las técnicas utilizadas en su estudio. En una segunda sección, mucho más amplia, se presenta su estudio taxonómico: diagnosis de los táxones, claves para identificación hasta nivel de especie, así como descripción, medidas e ilustraciones de todas y cada una de las especies íbero-baleares.

Esta obra es la primera de sus características escrita en lengua española y será un título de referencia en su campo para futuros trabajos, tanto en nuestro país como en el extranjero.

Contents

    Introducción
    Posición taxonómica y distribución geográfica de los Rhabditida
    Morfología y anatomía del adulto
    Características de las fases no adultas
    Historia natural de los Rhabditida
    Recolección, conservación y técnicas de estudio
    Los Rhabditida ibéricos
        Orden Rhabditida
        Clave de subórdenes
        Suborden Teratocephalina
        Superfamilia Teratocephaloidea
        Familia Teratocephalidae
        Suborden Cephalobina
        Superfamilia Cephaloboidea
        Familia Cephalobidae
        Familia Elaphonematidae
        Familia Osstellidae
        Superfamilia Panagrolaimoidea
        Familia Panagrolaimidae
        Superfamilia Alloionematoidea
        Familia Alloionematidae
        Suborden Rhabditina
        Superfamilia Bunonematoidea
        Familia Bunonematidae
        Superfamilia Rhabditoidea
        Familia Mesorhabditidae
        Familia Peloderidae
        Familia Rhabditidae
        Suborden Diplogastrina
        Superfamilia Diplogastroidea
        Familia Diplogasteroididae
        Familia Diplogastridae
        Familia Neodiplogastridae
        Familia Tylopharyngidae
        Bibliografía
    Apéndice 1. Nomenclatura: Lista de sinónimos y combinaciones
    Apéndice 2. Glosario
    Índice alfabético de nombres taxonómicos de Nematoda Rhabditida íbero-baleares

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Flora / Fauna Identification Key Monograph
Series: Fauna Ibérica Volume: 34
By: Joaquín Abolafía Cobaleda(Author), Pablo Guerrero Rodríguez(Author), Reyes Peña Santiago(Author)
267 pages, 72 b/w photos and b/w line drawings
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