Genus Diplolaimella
Allgen, 1929
Definition:Monhysterinae. Differing from Monhystera
in the character of the stoma
which
is in 2 parts, an anterior rounded or funnel-shaped cavity which is connected
by a narrow duct with the smaller second part which is rounded. Cuticle
smooth, thin; amphids
circular. Head
flatly
rounded in front carrying 4 or 6 (?) short setae. Oesophagus almost
cylindrical but widening a little behind; oesophago-intestinal valve cells
moderately small. Ovary single, outstretched. Allgen based
the genus on a single female specimen. The male was described by
him in 1930. Both specimens came from a marine or brackish water
habitat on the coast of Sweden.
Type species: Diplolaimella monhysteroides Allgen, 1929
-Goodey, 1963