Redescription of Rhabditis maupasi Seurat in Maupas, 1919 (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae) from northwest Iran

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Rhabditis maupasi is re-described and reviewed based on morphological, morphometric, and molecular (D2-D3 expansion segment of the rDNA 28S) analysis collected from northwest Iran. Furthermore, its relationship with four closely related species of the genus is discussed. A molecular phylogenetic study using a partial sequence of large subunit ribosomal DNA fragments revealed that R. maupasi forms a clade with R. terricola recorded previously from Iran.

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