. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). NEMATODES FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN 103 a small globular cavity, the walls of which appear to be supported by fine cuticular- ized rods. More posteriorly the buccal cavity consists of a long heavily cuticularized tube, at the anterior end of which are three (one dorsal and two subventral) soUd triangular teeth (Fig. 8a). A few very short scattered cervical, caudal and pre-anal setae are present, these being particularly numerous on the male tail. The oeso- phagus is swollen slightly towards its base, but there is no distinct bulb. Small cardia hn
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). NEMATODES FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN 103 a small globular cavity, the walls of which appear to be supported by fine cuticular- ized rods. More posteriorly the buccal cavity consists of a long heavily cuticularized tube, at the anterior end of which are three (one dorsal and two subventral) soUd triangular teeth (Fig. 8a). A few very short scattered cervical, caudal and pre-anal setae are present, these being particularly numerous on the male tail. The oeso- phagus is swollen slightly towards its base, but there is no distinct bulb. Small cardia hnk the oesophagus with the intestine. The tail is relatively short, with its distal third filiform. It has a slightly swollen and rounded tip bearing a pair of short terminal setae (Fig. 8b). Male. The spicules are paired, equal and arcuate. The proximal third contains a median list, and there is a dorsal opening near the tip. Each spicule bears a small tooth ventrally near the distal end (Fig. 8c). The gubernaculum has long slightly curved apophyses with rounded ends. Pre-cloacal supplements in the form of fine cuticular pores are present, but are very indistinct and cannot be enumerated with Fig. 8. Hoppeyia muscatensis sp. nov. a. Lateral view of male head, c, Lateral view of cloacal region of male. b, Male tail. Female. The ovaries are paired and opposed, but do not appear to be reflexed. The posterior ovary is a little longer than the anterior. In the only female which is gravid, the anterior uterus contains two eggs and the posterior uterus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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