Abstract
Twenty-one species of the phylum Nematomorpha from India have been described. In this paper, Acutogordius sulawensis is reported for the first time in this country, with new locality records of some Chordodes, Gordius and Acutogordius species from the north-east region of India. The total number of nematomorph species now known from India is thus raised to twenty-two species. This paper supplements information about nematomorph species added to the Indian fauna after 2004.
Highlights
Around 360 species of Nematomorpha are known today [1]
We report for the first time the occurrence of Acutogordius sulawensis Schmidt-Rhaesa & Geraci (2006) from India and discuss new locality records of Acutogordius, Chordodes and Gordius species in the north-east region of
The genus Beatogordius has been recently reported with one species, B. nagalandensis Yadav, Schmidt-Rhaesa & Limatemjen, 2015 [7]
Summary
Around 360 species of Nematomorpha are known today [1]. New species are described constantly, but the geographical coverage of records is still very fragmentary. More intensive sampling often reveals an increase in records. One of these countries is India, where, until 2004, only 13 species of Gordiida (the terrestrial/freshwater Nematomorpha) and one undetermined Gordius were known [2]. With one exception and one additional undetermined Gordius species, all Indian gordiid species were reported prior to 1912. Till 2004, the documentation of several Indian gordiids was either not satisfactory or needed a proper reinvestigation, given the many taxonomic ambiguities [2]
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