Two new species and a new record of Comesomatidae (Nematoda, Araeolaimida) from the Southern Ocean
Journal: ZooKeys
Year: 2025

Two new marine nematode species of the genus <i>Sabatieria</i> and a new record of <i>Hopperiabeaglense</i> Chen & Vincx, 1998 belonging to the family Comesomatidae are described from the Southern Ocean using morphological and molecular data. <i>Sabatieriacosmonautae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is characterized by body length 1786-2230 μm, short cephalic setae, lateral differentiation of body cuticle with sparse punctations starting from amphid to near tail tip, spiral amphidial fovea with three turns,