Papua and offshore islands have rich in fauna diversity. Four Cloacininae nematodes have joint been reported from Salawati Island, a small island nearby Papua, i. e. Cervonemella reardoni Beveridge, 2001, Cloacina syphax Beveridge & Speare, 1999, Cloacina polymela Beveridge, 2002 and Cloacina procris Beveridge, 2002. They are from Dorcopsis muelleri (Schlegel, 1866). Herein, those nematodes are also reported with descriptions and illustrations.
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