Virtual vouchers of type specimens of Baujardia mirabilis n. gen., n.sp.

These pages were constructed by Melissa Yoder, Luis Mundo, Elmer Parwani, Sheila Esfahani, Irma Tandingan De Ley and Paul De Ley

Bert,W., I. Tandingan De Ley, R. Van Driessche, H. Segers, and P. De Ley. 2003. Baujardia mirabilis gen. n., sp.n. from pitcher plant and its phylogenetic position within Panagrolaimidae (Nematoda: Rhabditida). Nematology Vol. 5(3) 405-420.

Link to type specimens from 1999 samples (males & females)

Link to type specimens from 2002 samples (females only)

Female structures

• Distinct setae and amphid (2002 batch slide Z female A)
• Stoma (1999 batch slide c top female)
• Spermatheca-like pouches (1999 batch slide a top female)
• Stacked sperm in uterus (1999 batch slide a bottom female)
• Vagina and stalk of postvulval sac (1999 batch slide a bottom female; ventral side is up and anterior end is on left!)
• Endotokia matricida (2002 batch slide Z female B)

Male structures

• Stoma (1999 batch slide c middle male)
• Giant spermatocytes and spermatids in male (1999 batch slide c male at bottom of middle)
• Spicules and gubernaculum (1999 batch slide c bottom male)

Copyright 2002