Nemys taxon details

Desmodoridae Filipjev, 1922

2167  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2167)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Desmodorida (Order)
  7. Desmodorina (Suborder)
  8. Desmodoroidea (Superfamily)
  9. Desmodoridae (Family)
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  1. Genus Cheilopseudonchus Murphy, 1964
    1. Species Cheilopseudonchus symmetricus (De Coninck, 1942) Murphy, 1964
  2. Genus Cornurella Da Silva, Da Silva, Esteves & Decraemer, 2017
    1. Species Cornurella fonsecae Da Silva, Da Silva, Esteves & Decramer, 2017
  3. Subfamily Desmodorinae Filipjev, 1922
    1. Genus Acanthopharyngoides Chitwood, 1936
      1. Species Acanthopharyngoides bidentatus Jensen, 1985
      2. Species Acanthopharyngoides chitwoodi Wieser, 1954
      3. Species Acanthopharyngoides duplex Gerlach, 1963
      4. Species Acanthopharyngoides quintus Riemann & Schrage, 1977
      5. Species Acanthopharyngoides scleratus Chitwood, 1936
      6. Species Acanthopharyngoides tyrrhenicus Wieser, 1954
    2. Genus Acanthopharynx Marion, 1870
      1. Species Acanthopharynx affinis Marion, 1870
      2. Species Acanthopharynx denticulatus Wieser, 1954
      3. Species Acanthopharynx distechei Decraemer & Coomans, 1978
      4. Species Acanthopharynx dormitata Leduc & Zhao, 2016
      5. Species Acanthopharynx japonica Steiner & Hoeppli, 1926
      6. Species Acanthopharynx micans (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
      7. Species Acanthopharynx micramphis Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942
      8. Species Acanthopharynx nuda (Cobb, 1920) Gerlach, 1963
      9. Species Acanthopharynx parva Tchesunov, Rodriguez Garcia, Simakova & Mokievsky, 2023
      10. Species Acanthopharynx perarmata Marion, 1870
      11. Species Acanthopharynx rigida Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
      12. Species Acanthopharynx marioni Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942 accepted as Acanthopharynx micans (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
      13. Species Acanthopharynx oculata Marion, 1870 accepted as Cyatholaimus oculatus (Marion, 1870) Rouville, 1905
      14. Species Acanthopharynx seticauda Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950 accepted as Acanthopharynx micans (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
      15. Species Acanthopharynx striatipunctata Marion, 1870 accepted as Cyatholaimus striatipunctatus (Marion, 1870) Wieser, 1954
      16. Species Acanthopharynx brachycapitata (Allgén, 1947) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Verschelde et al. 1998)
      17. Species Acanthopharynx merostomacha (Steiner, 1921) Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Verschelde et al (1998) e Tchesunov et al (2023))
      18. Species Acanthopharynx setosissima Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Tchesunov et al (2023))
      19. Species Acanthopharynx similis (Allgén, 1932) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Leduc & Zhao (2016) Nematology)
    3. Genus Bolbonema Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Bolbonema braziliensis Larrazábal-Filho, Neres & Esteves, 2018
      2. Species Bolbonema brevicolle Cobb, 1920
      3. Species Bolbonema longisetosum (Jensen, 1985) Verschelde et al., 1998
      4. Species Bolbonema papillae Larrazábal-Filho, Neres & Esteves, 2018
      5. Species Bolbonema rabosum (Gerlach, 1956) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      6. Species Bolbonema spiralis Hourston & Warwick, 2010
      7. Species Bolbonema zildae Larrazáal-Filho, Neres & Esteves, 2018
    4. Genus Croconema Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Croconema boucheri Ott, 1976
      2. Species Croconema cinctum Cobb, 1920
      3. Species Croconema floriani Verschelde, Nicholas & Vincx, 2006
      4. Species Croconema fortis Larrazábal-Filho, Da Silva & Esteves, 2015
      5. Species Croconema longiseta Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
      6. Species Croconema mammillatum Steiner & Hoeppli, 1926
      7. Species Croconema mawsoni Inglis, 1968
      8. Species Croconema mediterraneum Wieser, 1954
      9. Species Croconema otti Gourbault & Vincx, 1990
      10. Species Croconema ovigerum Ott, 1976
      11. Species Croconema sphaerica (Kreis, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
      12. Species Croconema stateni (Allgén, 1928) Wieser, 1954
      13. Species Croconema torquens (Gerlach, 1963) Gerlach, 1964
      14. Species Croconema arcospiculum (Allgen, 1951) Wieser, 1954 accepted as Croconema cinctum Cobb, 1920
      15. Species Croconema mawsonae Inglis, 1968 accepted as Croconema mawsoni Inglis, 1968
      16. Species Croconema pararotundicapitata (Allgén, 1959) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      17. Species Croconema rotundicapitata (Allgén, 1959) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    5. Genus Desmodora de Man, 1889
      1. Subgenus Desmodora (Sibayinema)
        1. Species Desmodora (Sibayinema) natalensis Swart & Heyns, 1991 accepted as Sibayinema natalensis Swart & Heyns, 1991
      2. Species Desmodora alberti Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      3. Species Desmodora angusticollis Daday, 1901
      4. Species Desmodora arcospiculum Allgén, 1951
      5. Species Desmodora aucklandiae Ditlevsen, 1921
      6. Species Desmodora australis Allgén, 1959
      7. Species Desmodora bilacinia Leduc & Zhao, 2016
      8. Species Desmodora californica Allgén, 1947
      9. Species Desmodora cephalophora Allgén, 1947
      10. Species Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) De Man, 1889
      11. Species Desmodora conica Vitiello, 1971
      12. Species Desmodora conocephala Steiner, 1918
      13. Species Desmodora crassa Allgén, 1951
      14. Species Desmodora cuddlesae Inglis, 1963
      15. Species Desmodora curvatum Moura, Silva & Esteves, 2014
      16. Species Desmodora dimorpha Hopper, 1961
      17. Species Desmodora dubia Allgén, 1947
      18. Species Desmodora elegans Allgén, 1959
      19. Species Desmodora eucraspedota Schulz, 1932
      20. Species Desmodora extensa Wieser, 1954
      21. Species Desmodora falklandiae Allgén, 1959
      22. Species Desmodora gerlachi Vitiello, 1971
      23. Species Desmodora granulata Vincx & Gourbault, 1989
      24. Species Desmodora greenpatchi Allgén, 1953
      25. Species Desmodora hydrothermica Mordukhovich, Fadeeva, Semenchenko,Kiyashko & Scripova, 2023
      26. Species Desmodora ignava Gagarin & Klerman, 2008
      27. Species Desmodora inflexa Wieser, 1954
      28. Species Desmodora intermedia Allgén, 1940
      29. Species Desmodora irregularis Filipjev, 1946
      30. Species Desmodora leptura Allgén, 1959
      31. Species Desmodora longicaudata Allgén, 1959
      32. Species Desmodora macramphis Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
      33. Species Desmodora marci Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      34. Species Desmodora masira Warwick, 1973
      35. Species Desmodora micans Micoletzky, 1922
      36. Species Desmodora michaelseni Steiner, 1918
      37. Species Desmodora microchaeta Allgén, 1929
      38. Species Desmodora microchaetoides Allgén, 1933
      39. Species Desmodora minuta Wieser, 1954
      40. Species Desmodora nani Murphy, 1965
      41. Species Desmodora nini (Inglis, 1963) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      42. Species Desmodora norvegica Allgén, 1940
      43. Species Desmodora notomicrochaeta Allgén, 1959
      44. Species Desmodora nudicapitata Cobb, 1920
      45. Species Desmodora nybelini Allgén, 1954
      46. Species Desmodora odhneri Allgén, 1959
      47. Species Desmodora papillata Daday, 1901
      48. Species Desmodora paraconica Larrazábal-Filho, Da Silva & Esteves, 2015
      49. Species Desmodora parapilosa Leduc, 2023
      50. Species Desmodora parintermedia Allgén, 1947
      51. Species Desmodora pilosa Ditlevsen, 1926
      52. Species Desmodora polychaeta Allgén, 1929
      53. Species Desmodora pontica Filipjev, 1922
      54. Species Desmodora porifera (Wieser, 1951) Gerlach, 1963
      55. Species Desmodora porosum Moura, Silva & Esteves, 2014
      56. Species Desmodora poseidoni Steiner, 1916
      57. Species Desmodora profundum Moura, Silva & Esteves, 2014
      58. Species Desmodora punctata Jensen, 1985
      59. Species Desmodora roscoffiensis Luc & De Coninck, 1959
      60. Species Desmodora scaldensis de Man, 1889
      61. Species Desmodora septentrionalis Kreis, 1963
      62. Species Desmodora similis Allgén, 1932
      63. Species Desmodora spongiocola Mordukhovich, Fadeeva, Semenchenko,Kiyashko & Scripova, 2023
      64. Species Desmodora spongiophila Mordukhovich, Fadeeva, Semenchenko,Kiyashko & Scripova, 2023
      65. Species Desmodora striatocephala Tchesunov, 2008
      66. Species Desmodora tenuicauda Allgén, 1932
      67. Species Desmodora tenuidentata Kreis, 1963
      68. Species Desmodora varioannulata (Kreis, 1928) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      69. Species Desmodora veronicae Moura, Silva & Esteves, 2014
      70. Species Desmodora vietnamica Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2010
      71. Subgenus Desmodora (Bolbonema) Cobb, 1920 accepted as Bolbonema Cobb, 1920 (raised to genus level)
        1. Species Desmodora (Bolbonema) brevicolle accepted as Bolbonema brevicolle Cobb, 1920 (misspelling)
        2. Species Desmodora (Bolbonema) brevicollis (Cobb, 1920) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Bolbonema brevicolle Cobb, 1920 (see Verschelde et al 1998)
        3. Species Desmodora (Bolbonema) longisetosa (Jensen, 1985) accepted as Desmodora (Bolbonema) longisetosum (Jensen, 1985) (incorrect gender agreement)
        4. Species Desmodora (Bolbonema) longisetosum (Jensen, 1985) accepted as Bolbonema longisetosum (Jensen, 1985) Verschelde et al., 1998
      72. Subgenus Desmodora (Croconema) Cobb, 1920 accepted as Croconema Cobb, 1920 (raised to genus level)
        1. Species Desmodora (Croconema) cincta (Cobb, 1920) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Croconema cinctum Cobb, 1920 (incorrect gender agreement)
        2. Species Desmodora (Croconema) longiseta Boucher, 1973 accepted as Croconema boucheri Ott, 1976
        3. Species Desmodora (Croconema) mediterranea Wieser, 1954 accepted as Croconema mediterraneum Wieser, 1954 (incorrect gender agreement)
        4. Species Desmodora (Croconema) ovigera Ott, 1976 accepted as Croconema ovigerum Ott, 1976 (incorrect gender agreement)
        5. Species Desmodora (Croconema) sphaericum (Kreis, 1928) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 accepted as Croconema sphaerica (Kreis, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
        6. Species Desmodora (Croconema) acrospiculum (Allgén, 1951) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      73. Subgenus Desmodora (Desmodorella) Cobb, 1933 accepted as Desmodorella Cobb, 1933 (raised to genus level)
        1. Species Desmodora (Desmodorella) balteata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998 accepted as Desmodorella balteata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
        2. Species Desmodora (Desmodorella) cephalata Cobb, 1933 accepted as Desmodora cephalata (Cobb, 1933)
        3. Species Desmodora (Desmodorella) spineacaudata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998 accepted as Desmodorella spineacaudata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998 (subgenus raised to genus)
        4. Species Desmodora (Desmodorella) nybelini (Allgén, 1954) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      74. Subgenus Desmodora (Pseudochromadora) accepted as Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899
      75. Species Desmodora abyssorum Allgén, 1929 accepted as Desmodorella abyssorum (Allgén, 1929) Gerlach, 1963
      76. Species Desmodora aquaedulcis Gagarin & Thahn, 2003 accepted as Desmodorella aquaedulcis Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2003 (Presence of longitudinal rows of spines. See Decraemer & Smol (2006) (Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy, p.548))
      77. Species Desmodora aquaedulcis Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2003 accepted as Desmodorella aquaedulcis Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2003
      78. Species Desmodora armata Ditlevsen, 1930 accepted as Croconema stateni (Allgén, 1928) Wieser, 1954
      79. Species Desmodora bipapillata Gerlach, 1967 accepted as Pseudodesmodora bipapillata (Gerlach, 1967) Verschelde et al., 1998
      80. Species Desmodora boucheri Ott, 1976 accepted as Croconema boucheri Ott, 1976
      81. Species Desmodora brachycapitata Allgén, 1947 accepted as Acanthopharynx brachycapitata (Allgén, 1947) Gerlach, 1963
      82. Species Desmodora brachypharynx Allgén, 1947
      83. Species Desmodora brevicollis (Cobb, 1912) accepted as Bolbonema brevicolle Cobb, 1920
      84. Species Desmodora bulbosa Jensen, 1985 accepted as Pseudodesmodora bulbosa (Jensen, 1985) Verschelde et al., 1998
      85. Species Desmodora bullata Steiner, 1916 accepted as Desmodorella bullata (Steiner, 1916) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      86. Species Desmodora cazca Gerlach, 1956 accepted as Pseudochromadora cazca Gerlach, 1956
      87. Species Desmodora cephalata (Cobb, 1920) accepted as Pseudochromadora quadripapillata Daday, 1899
      88. Species Desmodora cephalata (Cobb, 1933) accepted as Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
      89. Species Desmodora cephalia (Cobb, 1933) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973 accepted as Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
      90. Species Desmodora cincta (Cobb, 1920) accepted as Croconema cinctum Cobb, 1920
      91. Species Desmodora coniseta (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950)
      92. Species Desmodora curvispiculum Jensen, 1985 accepted as Desmodorella curvispiculum (Jensen, 1985) Verschelde et al., 1998
      93. Species Desmodora deconincki Inglis, 1968
      94. Species Desmodora deveslita Wieser, 1960 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      95. Species Desmodora ditlevseni Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Zalonema ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) Gerlach, 1963
      96. Species Desmodora filispiculum Lorenzen, 1976 accepted as Desmodorella filispiculum (Lorenzen, 1976) Verschelde et al., 1998
      97. Species Desmodora froyensis Allgén, 1946 accepted as Leptonemella froeyensis (Allgén, 1946) Gerlach, 1963
      98. Species Desmodora gorbunovi Filipjev, 1946 accepted as Desmodora pilosa Ditlevsen, 1926
        1. Subspecies Desmodora gorbunovi perforata Filipjev, 1946 accepted as Desmodora pilosa Ditlevsen, 1926
      99. Species Desmodora gracilis Kreis, 1928 accepted as Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) De Man, 1889
      100. Species Desmodora hirsuta (Chitwood, 1936) accepted as Desmodorella hirsuta (Chitwood, 1936) Verschelde et al., 1998
      101. Species Desmodora leucocephala Schulz, 1932 accepted as Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) De Man, 1889
      102. Species Desmodora longiseta (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) accepted as Croconema longiseta Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
      103. Species Desmodora luticola (Timm, 1952) accepted as Pseudochromadora quadripapillata Daday, 1899
      104. Species Desmodora maldivensis Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Zalonema maldivensis (Gerlach, 1963) Verschelde et al., 1998
      105. Species Desmodora mammillata (Steiner & Hoeppli, 1926) accepted as Croconema mammillatum Steiner & Hoeppli, 1926
      106. Species Desmodora mawsoni (Inglis, 1968) accepted as Croconema mawsonae Inglis, 1968
      107. Species Desmodora mediterranea (Wieser, 1954) accepted as Croconema mediterraneum Wieser, 1954
      108. Species Desmodora megalosoma Steiner, 1918 accepted as Zalonema megalosoma (Steiner, 1918) Gerlach, 1963
      109. Species Desmodora merostomacha Steiner, 1921 accepted as Acanthopharynx merostomacha (Steiner, 1921) Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943
      110. Species Desmodora natalensis Swart & Heyns, 1991 accepted as Sibayinema natalensis Swart & Heyns, 1991
      111. Species Desmodora nuda (Cobb, 1920) accepted as Zalonema megalosoma (Steiner, 1918) Gerlach, 1963
      112. Species Desmodora ocellata Wieser, 1954 accepted as Zalonema ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) Gerlach, 1963
      113. Species Desmodora ovigera Ott, 1976 accepted as Croconema ovigerum Ott, 1976
      114. Species Desmodora papillostoma Murphy, 1962 accepted as Desmodorella papillostoma (Murphy, 1962) Verschelde et al., 1998
      115. Species Desmodora paracampbelli Allgén, 1959 accepted as Desmodora campbelli (Allgén, 1932)
      116. Species Desmodora paramicrochaeta Allgén, 1947 accepted as Desmodora scaldensis de Man, 1889
      117. Species Desmodora pararotundicapitata Allgén, 1959 accepted as Croconema pararotundicapitata (Allgén, 1959) Gerlach, 1963 (species inquirendam)
      118. Species Desmodora parasitifera Allgén, 1949 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      119. Species Desmodora perforata Wieser, 1954 accepted as Desmodorella perforata (Wieser, 1954) Verschelde et al., 1998
      120. Species Desmodora problematica Allgén, 1929 accepted as Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) De Man, 1889
      121. Species Desmodora propinqua Allgén, 1951 accepted as Zalonema propinqua (Allgén, 1951) Gerlach, 1963
      122. Species Desmodora quadripapillata (Daday, 1899) accepted as Pseudochromadora quadripapillata Daday, 1899
      123. Species Desmodora reducta Allgén, 1953 accepted as Croconema stateni (Allgén, 1928) Wieser, 1954
      124. Species Desmodora rotundicapitata Allgén, 1959 accepted as Croconema rotundicapitata (Allgén, 1959) Gerlach, 1963
      125. Species Desmodora sanguinea Southern, 1914 accepted as Desmodorella sanguinea (Southern, 1914) Verschelde et al., 1998
      126. Species Desmodora schulzi Gerlach, 1950 accepted as Desmodorella schulzi (Gerlach, 1950) Verschelde et al., 1998
      127. Species Desmodora serpentulus de Man, 1889 accepted as Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) De Man, 1889
        1. Subspecies Desmodora serpentulus suecica Allgén, 1929 accepted as Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) De Man, 1889
      128. Species Desmodora sinuata Lorenzen, 1976 accepted as Desmodorella sinuata (Lorenzen, 1976) Verschelde et al., 1998
      129. Species Desmodora sphaerica (Kreis, 1928) accepted as Desmodora (Croconema) sphaericum (Kreis, 1928) Luc & De Coninck, 1959
      130. Species Desmodora stateni Allgén, 1928 accepted as Croconema stateni (Allgén, 1928) Wieser, 1954
        1. Subspecies Desmodora stateni aberrans Allgén, 1953
      131. Species Desmodora stateniaberrans Allgén, 1953 accepted as Croconema stateni (Allgén, 1928) Wieser, 1954
      132. Species Desmodora tenuispiculum Allgén, 1928 accepted as Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
      133. Species Desmodora torquens Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Croconema torquens (Gerlach, 1963) Gerlach, 1964
      134. Species Desmodora wieseri Inglis, 1968 accepted as Desmodorella perforata (Wieser, 1954) Verschelde et al., 1998
      135. Species Desmodora wolfgangi (Inglis, 1968) accepted as Desmodora wieseri Inglis, 1968
      136. Species Desmodora acrospiculum Allgén, 1951 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      137. Species Desmodora campbelli (Allgén, 1932) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
        1. Subspecies Desmodora campbelli reductoides (Allgén, 1959) accepted as Desmodora campbelli (Allgén, 1932)
        2. Subspecies Desmodora campbelli striaticapitata Allgén, 1959 accepted as Desmodora campbelli (Allgén, 1932)
      138. Species Desmodora kerguelensis (Steiner, 1921) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      139. Species Desmodora parabullata Allgén, 1929 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      140. Species Desmodora rabosa Gerlach, 1956 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    6. Genus Desmodorella Cobb, 1933
      1. Species Desmodorella abyssorum (Allgén, 1929) Gerlach, 1963
      2. Species Desmodorella aquaedulcis Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2003
      3. Species Desmodorella balteata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      4. Species Desmodorella curvispiculum (Jensen, 1985) Verschelde et al., 1998
      5. Species Desmodorella filispiculum (Lorenzen, 1976) Verschelde et al., 1998
      6. Species Desmodorella hirsuta (Chitwood, 1936) Verschelde et al., 1998
      7. Species Desmodorella papillostoma (Murphy, 1962) Verschelde et al., 1998
      8. Species Desmodorella perforata (Wieser, 1954) Verschelde et al., 1998
      9. Species Desmodorella sanguinea (Southern, 1914) Verschelde et al., 1998
      10. Species Desmodorella schulzi (Gerlach, 1950) Verschelde et al., 1998
      11. Species Desmodorella sinuata (Lorenzen, 1976) Verschelde et al., 1998
      12. Species Desmodorella spineacaudata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      13. Species Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
      14. Species Desmodorella verscheldei Leduc & Zhao, 2016
      15. Species Desmodorella cephalia (Cobb, 1933) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973 accepted as Desmodora (Desmodorella) cephalata Cobb, 1933
      16. Species Desmodorella bullata (Steiner, 1916) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    7. Genus Echinodesmodora Blome, 1982
      1. Species Echinodesmodora axi Blome, 1982
      2. Species Echinodesmodora moensi Verschelde & Vincx, 1996
      3. Species Echinodesmodora spinulosa (Wieser, 1959) Blome, 1982
    8. Genus Metadesmodora Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942
      1. Species Metadesmodora amphidiscata Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942
      2. Species Metadesmodora bacillicauda Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Stygodesmodora bacillicauda (Gerlach, 1963) Blome, 1982 (see Blome (1982))
      3. Species Metadesmodora spinulosa (Wieser, 1959) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Echinodesmodora spinulosa (Wieser, 1959) Blome, 1982
    9. Genus Onepunema Leduc & Verschelde, 2013
      1. Species Onepunema enigmaticum Leduc & Verschelde, 2013
      2. Species Onepunema virginiae Leduc & Verschelde, 2017
    10. Genus Psammonema Verschelde & Vincx, 1995
      1. Species Psammonema kuriani Jacob, Anilkumar, Philip & Rayaroth, 2016
      2. Species Psammonema ovisetosum Verschelde & Vincx, 1995
      3. Species Psammonema waweri Muthumbi & Vincx, 2016
    11. Genus Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899
      1. Species Pseudochromadora benepapillata (Timm, 1961) Datta, Ganguly & Chakraborty, 2018
      2. Species Pseudochromadora buccobulbosa Verschelde & Vincx, 1995
      3. Species Pseudochromadora cazca Gerlach, 1956
      4. Species Pseudochromadora coomansi Verschelde & Vincx, 1995
      5. Species Pseudochromadora galeata Verschelde, Nicholas & Vincx, 2006
      6. Species Pseudochromadora gomoi Muresan, Motoc, Menabit,, Teaca & Begun,, 2022
      7. Species Pseudochromadora incubans Gourbault & Vincx, 1990
      8. Species Pseudochromadora interdigitata Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995
      9. Species Pseudochromadora parva Gagarin & Thanh, 2008
      10. Species Pseudochromadora plurichela Leduc & Zhao, 2023
      11. Species Pseudochromadora quadripapillata Daday, 1899
      12. Species Pseudochromadora reathae Leduc & Wharton, 2010
      13. Species Pseudochromadora rossica Mordukhovich, Fadeeva, Semenchenko & Zograf, 2015
      14. Species Pseudochromadora securis Verschelde, Nicholas & Vincx, 2006
      15. Species Pseudochromadora thinaiica Zograf, Skripova, Semenchenko, Vu, Nguyen, Phan & Mordukhovich, 2021
    12. Genus Pseudodesmodora Boucher, 1975
      1. Species Pseudodesmodora amphidiscata Boucher, 1975
      2. Species Pseudodesmodora bipapillata (Gerlach, 1967) Verschelde et al., 1998
      3. Species Pseudodesmodora bulbosa (Jensen, 1985) Verschelde et al., 1998
      4. Species Pseudodesmodora lacrima Leduc & Wharton, 2010
    13. Genus Sibayinema Swart & Heyns, 1991
      1. Species Sibayinema natalensis Swart & Heyns, 1991
    14. Genus Spinonema Larrazábal-Filho, Neres, Da Silva & Esteves, 2019
      1. Species Spinonema absente Larrazábal-Filho, Neres, Da Silva & Esteves, 2019
      2. Species Spinonema cuticulatum Larrazábal-Filho, Neres, Da Silva & Esteves, 2019
      3. Species Spinonema gracilispiculum Jacob, Rayaroth, Useph, Philip & Damodaran, 2020
      4. Species Spinonema spirale Larrazábal-Filho, Neres, Da Silva & Esteves, 2019
    15. Genus Zalonema Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Zalonema ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) Gerlach, 1963
      2. Species Zalonema granda Fadeeva, Mordukhovich & Zograf, 2016
      3. Species Zalonema iranicum Gharahkhani, Pourjam, Leduc & Pedram, 2021
      4. Species Zalonema kamchatkaensis Fadeeva, Mordukhovich & Zograf, 2016
      5. Species Zalonema maldivensis (Gerlach, 1963) Verschelde et al., 1998
      6. Species Zalonema mariae Larrazábal-Filho, Da Silva & Esteves, 2015
      7. Species Zalonema megalosoma (Steiner, 1918) Gerlach, 1963
      8. Species Zalonema myrianae Verschelde & Vincx, 1996
      9. Species Zalonema propinqua (Allgén, 1951) Gerlach, 1963
      10. Species Zalonema sesokoensis Leduc, 2022
      11. Species Zalonema supplementorum Gharahkhani, Pourjam, Leduc & Pedram, 2021
      12. Species Zalonema vicentei Larrazábal-Filho, Da Silva & Esteves, 2015
      13. Species Zalonema nudum Cobb, 1920 accepted as Zalonema megalosoma (Steiner, 1918) Gerlach, 1963
    16. Genus Aculeonchus Kreis, 1928 accepted as Croconema Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Aculeonchus sphaericus Kreis, 1928 accepted as Desmodora (Croconema) sphaericum (Kreis, 1928) Luc & De Coninck, 1959
    17. Genus Bla Inglis, 1963 accepted as Xenodesmodora Wieser, 1951
      1. Species Bla nini Inglis, 1963 accepted as Desmodora nini (Inglis, 1963) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
    18. Genus Heterodesmodora Micoletzky, 1924 accepted as Zalonema Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Heterodesmodora ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) accepted as Zalonema ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) Gerlach, 1963
      2. Species Heterodesmodora hirsuta Chitwood, 1936 accepted as Desmodorella hirsuta (Chitwood, 1936) Verschelde et al., 1998
      3. Species Heterodesmodora variaoannulata Kreis, 1928 accepted as Desmodora varioannulata (Kreis, 1928) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
    19. Genus Ichthyodesmodora Chitwood, 1951 accepted as Metachromadora Filipjev, 1918
      1. Species Ichthyodesmodora chandleri Chitwood, 1951 accepted as Metachromadora chandleri (Chitwood, 1952) Timm, 1961
    20. Genus Mastodex Steiner, 1921 accepted as Desmodora de Man, 1889
      1. Species Mastodex kerguelensis Steiner, 1921 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    21. Genus Micromicron Cobb, 1920 accepted as Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899
      1. Species Micromicron cephalatum Cobb, 1920 accepted as Pseudochromadora quadripapillata Daday, 1899
      2. Species Micromicron luticola Timm, 1952 accepted as Pseudochromadora quadripapillata Daday, 1899
    22. Genus Oistolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921 accepted as Onyx Cobb, 1891
      1. Species Oistolaimus ferox Ditlevsen, 1921 accepted as Onyx ferox (Ditlevsen, 1921) Gerlach, 1951
      2. Species Oistolaimus suecicus Allgén, 1929 accepted as Metachromadora suecica (Allgén, 1929) Schulz, 1938
    23. Genus Xanthodora Cobb, 1920 accepted as Acanthopharynx Marion, 1870
      1. Species Xanthodora nuda Cobb, 1920 accepted as Acanthopharynx nuda (Cobb, 1920) Gerlach, 1963
    24. Genus Amphispira Cobb, 1920 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Verschelde et al, 2006: one badly described female)
      1. Species Amphispira rotundicephala Cobb, 1920
    25. Genus Xenodesmodora Wieser, 1951 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      1. Species Xenodesmodora longiseta (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) accepted as Croconema longiseta Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
      2. Species Xenodesmodora nini (Inglis, 1963) accepted as Desmodora nini (Inglis, 1963) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      3. Species Xenodesmodora torquens Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Croconema torquens (Gerlach, 1963) Gerlach, 1964
      4. Species Xenodesmodora varioannulata accepted as Desmodora varioannulata (Kreis, 1928) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
      5. Species Xenodesmodora wieseri Inglis, 1968 accepted as Desmodora wieseri Inglis, 1968
      6. Species Xenodesmodora porifera Wieser, 1951 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    26. Genus Xenonema Cobb, 1920 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Hope & Murphy 1972 p 51: doubtful genus)
      1. Species Xenonema obesum Cobb, 1920
  4. Subfamily Molgolaiminae Jensen, 1978
    1. Genus Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921
      1. Species Molgolaimus abyssorum Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996
      2. Species Molgolaimus allgeni (Gerlach, 1950) Jensen, 1978
      3. Species Molgolaimus amphimacrus Bussau, 1993
      4. Species Molgolaimus australis Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      5. Species Molgolaimus carpediem Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      6. Species Molgolaimus citrus Gerlach, 1959
      7. Species Molgolaimus cuanensis (Platt, 1973) Jensen, 1978
      8. Species Molgolaimus drakus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      9. Species Molgolaimus euryformis Zhou, Zeng, Cai, Fu & Tan, 2020
      10. Species Molgolaimus exceptionregulum Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      11. Species Molgolaimus falliturvisus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      12. Species Molgolaimus galluccii Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      13. Species Molgolaimus gazii Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996
      14. Species Molgolaimus gigaslongicus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      15. Species Molgolaimus gigasproximus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      16. Species Molgolaimus haakonmosbiensis Portnova, 2009
      17. Species Molgolaimus kaikouraensis Fu & Leduc, 2019
      18. Species Molgolaimus kiwayui Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996
      19. Species Molgolaimus labradorensis (Allgén, 1957) Jensen, 1978
      20. Species Molgolaimus lazonus (Vitiello, 1970) Jensen, 1978
      21. Species Molgolaimus liberalis Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      22. Species Molgolaimus longicaudatus Sun & Huang, 2024
      23. Species Molgolaimus longispiculum Timm, 1961
      24. Species Molgolaimus macilenti Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      25. Species Molgolaimus mareprofundus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      26. Species Molgolaimus minutus Jensen, 1988
      27. Species Molgolaimus nettoensis Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      28. Species Molgolaimus pacificus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      29. Species Molgolaimus parallgeni (Vitiello, 1973) Jensen, 1978
      30. Species Molgolaimus pecticauda (Murphy, 1966) Shi & Xu, 2017
      31. Species Molgolaimus porosus Bussau, 1993
      32. Species Molgolaimus sabakii Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996
      33. Species Molgolaimus sapiens Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      34. Species Molgolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Shi & Xu, 2017
      35. Species Molgolaimus tanai Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996
      36. Species Molgolaimus tenuicaudatus (Allgén, 1959) Jensen, 1978
      37. Species Molgolaimus tenuilaimus (Allgén, 1932) Jensen, 1978
      38. Species Molgolaimus tenuispiculum Ditlevsen, 1921
      39. Species Molgolaimus turgofrons (Lorenzen, 1971) Jensen, 1978
      40. Species Molgolaimus typicus Furstenberg & Vincx, 1992
      41. Species Molgolaimus tyroi Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996
      42. Species Molgolaimus unicus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      43. Species Molgolaimus walbethi Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      44. Species Molgolaimus xuxunaraensis Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
      45. Species Molgolaimus demani Jensen, 1978 accepted as Microlaimus tenuispiculum de Man, 1922 (see Lorenzen (1981))
      46. Species Molgolaimus gigaproximus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006 accepted as Molgolaimus gigasproximus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006 (misspelling)
      47. Species Molgolaimus gigaslongincus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006 accepted as Molgolaimus gigaslongicus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006
  5. Subfamily Prodesmodorinae Lorenzen, 1981
    1. Genus Prodesmodora Micoletzky, 1923
      1. Species Prodesmodora arctica (Mulvey, 1969) Andrássy, 1984
      2. Species Prodesmodora circulata Micoletzky, 1925
      3. Species Prodesmodora loksai Andrassy, 1989
      4. Species Prodesmodora minuta Schneider, 1937
      5. Species Prodesmodora nigra Ocana, Abolafia & Abebe, 2001
      6. Species Prodesmodora nurta Zullini, 1988
      7. Species Prodesmodora pantalicae Colomba & Vinciguerra, 1979
      8. Species Prodesmodora terricola Altherr, 1952
      9. Species Prodesmodora zullinii Ocana, Abolafia & Abebe, 2001
      10. Species Prodesmodora arcticus accepted as Prodesmodora arctica (Mulvey, 1969) Andrássy, 1984 (misspelling)
      11. Species Prodesmodora leptura (De Cillis, 1917) accepted as Microlaimus lepturus De Cillis, 1917
      12. Species Prodesmodora wolgensis Micoletzky, 1923 accepted as Prodesmodora circulata Micoletzky, 1925
  6. Subfamily Pseudonchinae Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
    1. Genus Pseudonchus Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Pseudonchus decempapillatus Ward, 1974
      2. Species Pseudonchus deconincki Warwick, 1969
      3. Species Pseudonchus donsi Allgén, 1948
      4. Species Pseudonchus gerlachi (Gerlach, 1953) Warwick, 1969
      5. Species Pseudonchus jenseni Murphy, 1964
      6. Species Pseudonchus kosswigi Murphy, 1964
      7. Species Pseudonchus longus Allgén, 1951
      8. Species Pseudonchus northumbriensis Warwick, 1969
      9. Species Pseudonchus norwegicus Allgén, 1933
      10. Species Pseudonchus pachysetosus Blome, 1982
      11. Species Pseudonchus rotundicephalus Cobb, 1920
      12. Species Pseudonchus virginiae Leduc & Verschelde, 2013
      13. Species Pseudonchus symmetricus De Coninck, 1942 accepted as Cheilopseudonchus symmetricus (De Coninck, 1942) Murphy, 1964
  7. Subfamily Spiriniinae Chitwood, 1936
    1. Genus Bradylaimus Stekhoven, 1931
      1. Species Bradylaimus asupplementus (Crites, 1961) Wieser & Hopper, 1967
      2. Species Bradylaimus parvus Stekhoven, 1931
    2. Genus Chromadoropsis Filipjev, 1918
      1. Species Chromadoropsis granulosus Furstenberg & Vincx, 1988
      2. Species Chromadoropsis longispiculosa Furstenberg & Vincx, 1988
      3. Species Chromadoropsis namibiensis Furstenberg & Vincx, 1988
      4. Species Chromadoropsis pacifica Murphy, 1966
      5. Species Chromadoropsis vivipara (de Man, 1907) Allgen, 1928
      6. Species Chromadoropsis dissoluta Wieser, 1954 accepted as Atrochromadora dissoluta (Wieser, 1954) Wieser, 1959
      7. Species Chromadoropsis parva (de Man, 1893) Wieser, 1954 accepted as Atrochromadora parva (de Man, 1893) Wieser, 1954
    3. Genus Chromaspirina Filipjev, 1918
      1. Species Chromaspirina aliapapillata Revkova & Revkov, 2022
      2. Species Chromaspirina chabaudi Boucher, 1975
      3. Species Chromaspirina crinita Gerlach, 1952
      4. Species Chromaspirina cylindricollis (Cobb, 1920) Filipjev in Kreis, 1926
      5. Species Chromaspirina dubia Inglis, 1968
      6. Species Chromaspirina gerlachi Blome, 1982
      7. Species Chromaspirina indica Gerlach, 1963
      8. Species Chromaspirina inglisi Warwick, 1970
      9. Species Chromaspirina lunatica Gerlach, 1965
      10. Species Chromaspirina madagascariensis Gerlach, 1953
      11. Species Chromaspirina modesta Bussau, 1993
      12. Species Chromaspirina multipapillata Jayasree & Warwick, 1977
      13. Species Chromaspirina parapontica Luc & De Coninck, 1959
      14. Species Chromaspirina paucispira Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
      15. Species Chromaspirina pellita Gerlach, 1954
      16. Species Chromaspirina pellucida (Cobb, 1920) Luc & Deconinck, 1959
      17. Species Chromaspirina pontica Filipjev, 1918
      18. Species Chromaspirina renaudae Boucher, 1975
      19. Species Chromaspirina stilbonematinops Leduc & Zhao, 2023
      20. Species Chromaspirina thieryi De Coninck, 1943
      21. Species Chromaspirina vanreuselae Verschelde & Vincx, 1996
      22. Species Chromaspirina denticulata (Gerlach, 1953) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 accepted as Pseudomicrolaimus denticulatus (Gerlach, 1953) Kovalyev & Tchesunov, 2005
      23. Species Chromaspirina dimorpha (Hopper, 1961) accepted as Desmodora dimorpha Hopper, 1961
      24. Species Chromaspirina guanabarensis Maria, Esteves, Smol, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2009 accepted as Spirinia guanabarensis (Maria, Esteves, Smol, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2009) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      25. Species Chromaspirina inaurita Wieser & Hopper, 1967 accepted as Spirinia inaurita (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      26. Species Chromaspirina inflexa (Wieser, 1954) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Desmodora inflexa Wieser, 1954
      27. Species Chromaspirina longisetosa Jensen, 1985 accepted as Bolbolaimus longisetosus (Jensen, 1985) Muthumbi et al., 1995 (new combination)
      28. Species Chromaspirina madagascarensis Gerlach, 1953 accepted as Chromaspirina madagascariensis Gerlach, 1953 (misspelling)
      29. Species Chromaspirina okemwai Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995 accepted as Spirinia okemwai (Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      30. Species Chromaspirina parma Ott, 1972 accepted as Spirinia parma (Ott, 1972) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      31. Species Chromaspirina punctata (Cobb, 1920) accepted as Pomponema punctata (Cobb, 1920) Luc & Deconinck, 1959
      32. Species Chromaspirina rabosa (Gerlach, 1956) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Bolbonema rabosum (Gerlach, 1956) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      33. Species Chromaspirina spinulosa Wieser, 1959 accepted as Echinodesmodora spinulosa (Wieser, 1959) Blome, 1982
      34. Species Chromaspirina amabilis (de Man, 1922) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Jensen 1978)
      35. Species Chromaspirina cobbi (Chitwood, 1938) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Jensen 1978)
      36. Species Chromaspirina robusta Wieser, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    4. Genus Metachromadora Filipjev, 1918
      1. Subgenus Metachromadora (Chromadoropsis) Filipjev, 1918
      2. Species Metachromadora aliusa Pinto & Neres, 2020
      3. Species Metachromadora chandleri (Chitwood, 1952) Timm, 1961
      4. Species Metachromadora complexa Timm, 1961
      5. Species Metachromadora cystoseirae Filipjev, 1918
      6. Species Metachromadora gerlachi Wieser & Hopper, 1967
      7. Species Metachromadora horrida Chitwood, 1936
      8. Species Metachromadora itoi Kito, 1978
      9. Species Metachromadora macroutera Filipjev, 1918
      10. Species Metachromadora meridiana Wieser & Hopper, 1967
      11. Species Metachromadora minor Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2010
      12. Species Metachromadora nyalii Verschelde & Vincx, 1996
      13. Species Metachromadora obesa Chitwood, 1936
      14. Species Metachromadora onyxoides Chitwood, 1936
      15. Species Metachromadora parasitifera Timm, 1952
      16. Species Metachromadora parobscura Sun & Huang, 2024
      17. Species Metachromadora pneumatica Gerlach, 1956
      18. Species Metachromadora prepapillata Maria, Smol & Esteves, 2013
      19. Species Metachromadora pseudocampycoma Hopper, 1961
      20. Species Metachromadora pulvinata Wieser & Hopper, 1967
      21. Species Metachromadora quadribulba Gerlach, 1956
      22. Species Metachromadora scotlandica Warwick & Platt, 1973
      23. Species Metachromadora serrata Gerlach, 1963
      24. Species Metachromadora setosa Hopper, 1961
      25. Species Metachromadora spectans Gerlach, 1957
      26. Species Metachromadora spiralis Gerlach, 1955
      27. Species Metachromadora suecica (Allgén, 1929) Schulz, 1938
      28. Species Metachromadora verae Maria, Smol & Esteves, 2013
      29. Species Metachromadora xiamenensis Zhou, Zeng, Cai, Fu & Tan, 2020
      30. Species Metachromadora zaixsi Pastor de Ward, 2004
      31. Subgenus Metachromadora (Bradylaimus) Stekhoven, 1931 accepted as Bradylaimus Stekhoven, 1931
      32. Subgenus Metachromadora (Metachromadoroides) Timm, 1961 accepted as Metachromadoroides Timm, 1961
        1. Species Metachromadora (Metachromadoroides) obscura Nguyen Dinh Tu, Gagarin, Phan Ke Long, Nguyen Thi Xuan Phuong & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2016
        2. Species Metachromadora (Metachromadoroides) orientalis Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2014
      33. Subgenus Metachromadora (Neonyx) N. Cobb in M. Cobb, 1933 accepted as Neonyx Cobb, 1933
      34. Species Metachromadora alata (Cobb, 1933) accepted as Neonyx alatus Cobb, 1933
      35. Species Metachromadora alatus accepted as Metachromadora alata (Cobb, 1933) (spelling variation)
      36. Species Metachromadora asupplementa (Crites, 1961) Wieser & Hopper, 1967 accepted as Bradylaimus asupplementus (Crites, 1961) Wieser & Hopper, 1967
      37. Species Metachromadora benepapillata Timm, 1961 accepted as Pseudochromadora benepapillata (Timm, 1961) Datta, Ganguly & Chakraborty, 2018
      38. Species Metachromadora campycoma (Cobb, 1933) Chitwood, 1936 accepted as Neonyx campycoma Cobb, 1933
      39. Species Metachromadora cancellata (Cobb, 1933) Chitwood, 1936 accepted as Neonyx cancellatus Cobb, 1933
      40. Species Metachromadora clavata Gerlach, 1957 accepted as Papillonema clavatum (Gerlach, 1957) Verschelde, Muthumbi & Vincx, 1995
      41. Species Metachromadora granulosus accepted as Chromadoropsis granulosus Furstenberg & Vincx, 1988
      42. Species Metachromadora horridus accepted as Metachromadora horrida Chitwood, 1936 (spelling variation)
      43. Species Metachromadora longilaima Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950 accepted as Pseudometachromadora longilaima (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) Timm, 1954
      44. Species Metachromadora longispiculosa accepted as Chromadoropsis longispiculosa Furstenberg & Vincx, 1988
      45. Species Metachromadora namibiensis accepted as Chromadoropsis namibiensis Furstenberg & Vincx, 1988
      46. Species Metachromadora pacifica Murphy, 1966 accepted as Chromadoropsis pacifica Murphy, 1966
      47. Species Metachromadora papillata Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950 accepted as Pseudometachromadora papillata (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) timm, 1954
      48. Species Metachromadora remanei Gerlach, 1951 accepted as Metachromadoroides remanei (Gerlach, 1951) Timm, 1961
      49. Species Metachromadora spinulosa (Wieser, 1959) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Echinodesmodora spinulosa (Wieser, 1959) Blome, 1982
      50. Species Metachromadora vivipara (de Man, 1907) Allgen, 1928 accepted as Chromadoropsis vivipara (de Man, 1907) Allgen, 1928 (Tchesunov 7.13. Order Desmodorida in Schmidt-Raesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). p. 402-403 )
      51. Species Metachromadora vulgaris Timm, 1961 accepted as Metachromadoroides vulgaris Timm, 1961
    5. Genus Metachromadoroides Timm, 1961
      1. Species Metachromadoroides remanei (Gerlach, 1951) Timm, 1961
      2. Species Metachromadoroides sinuspersici Gharahkhani, Pourjam, Leduc & Pedram, 2021
      3. Species Metachromadoroides vulgaris Timm, 1961
    6. Genus Neonyx Cobb, 1933
      1. Species Neonyx alatus Cobb, 1933
      2. Species Neonyx campycoma Cobb, 1933
      3. Species Neonyx cancellatus Cobb, 1933
      4. Species Neonyx asupplementus Crites, 1961 accepted as Bradylaimus asupplementus (Crites, 1961) Wieser & Hopper, 1967
    7. Genus Onyx Cobb, 1891
      1. Species Onyx adenophorus Blome & Riemann, 1994
      2. Species Onyx balochiensis Nasira, Rehmat & Shahina, 2011
      3. Species Onyx blomei Tu, Smol, Vanreusel & Thanh, 2011
      4. Species Onyx brevispiculatum (Inglis, 1963) Armenteros et al., 2014
      5. Species Onyx cangionensis Tu, Smol, Vanreusel & Thanh, 2011
      6. Species Onyx cannoni Blome & Riemann, 1994
      7. Species Onyx cephalispiculus Hourston & Warwick, 2010
      8. Species Onyx cobbi Tu, Smol, Vanreusel & Thanh, 2011
      9. Species Onyx dimorphus Gerlach, 1963
      10. Species Onyx disparamphis Tchesunov, Jeong & Lee, 2022
      11. Species Onyx exiguus Leduc & Zhao, 2023
      12. Species Onyx ferox (Ditlevsen, 1921) Gerlach, 1951
      13. Species Onyx litorale (Schulz, 1938) Armenteros et al., 2014
      14. Species Onyx macramphis Blome & Riemann, 1994
      15. Species Onyx mangrovi Tu, Smol, Vanreusel & Thanh, 2011
      16. Species Onyx minor Huang & Wang, 2015
      17. Species Onyx monstrosum (Gerlach, 1956) Armenteros et al., 2014
      18. Species Onyx orientalis Tu, Smol, Vanreusel & Thanh, 2011
      19. Species Onyx paradimorphus Tu, Smol, Vanreusel & Thanh, 2011
      20. Species Onyx perfectus Cobb, 1891
      21. Species Onyx potteri Hourston & Warwick, 2010
      22. Species Onyx rizhaoensis Huang & Wang, 2015
      23. Species Onyx rugatus Wieser, 1959
      24. Species Onyx sagittarius Gerlach, 1950
      25. Species Onyx septempapillatus Wieser, 1954
    8. Genus Papillonema Verschelde, Muthumbi & Vincx, 1995
      1. Species Papillonema clavatum (Gerlach, 1957) Verschelde, Muthumbi & Vincx, 1995
      2. Species Papillonema danieli Verschelde, Muthumbi & Vincx, 1995
    9. Genus Paradesmodora Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
      1. Species Paradesmodora campbelli (Allgén, 1932) Gerlach, 1963
      2. Species Paradesmodora cephalata Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
      3. Species Paradesmodora immersa Wieser, 1954
      4. Species Paradesmodora punctata Gerlach, 1963
      5. Species Paradesmodora sinuosa Ott, 1972
      6. Species Paradesmodora supplementatis Inglis, 1968
      7. Species Paradesmodora toreutes Wieser & Hopper, 1967
    10. Genus Parallelocoilas Boucher, 1975
      1. Species Parallelocoilas dolfusi Boucher, 1975
    11. Genus Perspiria Wieser & Hopper, 1967
      1. Species Perspiria boucheri Sun, Zhai & Huang, 2019
      2. Species Perspiria brevicaudata Chu, Hao & Huang, 2023
      3. Species Perspiria elongata (Castro et al., 2006) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      4. Species Perspiria flagellata Vitiello, 1971
      5. Species Perspiria hamata Wieser & Hopper, 1967
      6. Species Perspiria lara (Da Silva et al., 2009) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      7. Species Perspiria macramphida Zhai, Shi, Li & Sun, 2023
      8. Species Perspiria major Zhai, Shi, Li & Sun, 2023
      9. Species Perspiria megamphida Vincx & Gourbault, 1989
      10. Species Perspiria mokii Coles, 1987
      11. Species Perspiria papillata Vincx & Gourbault, 1989
      12. Species Perspiria septentrionalis (Cobb, 1914) Leduc, Verschelde, 2015
      13. Species Perspiria striaticaudata (Timm, 1962) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
    12. Genus Polysigma Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Polysigma fuscum Gerlach, 1956
      2. Species Polysigma uniforme Cobb, 1920
    13. Genus Pseudometachromadora Timm, 1954
      1. Species Pseudometachromadora longilaima (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) Timm, 1954
      2. Species Pseudometachromadora papillata (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) timm, 1954
    14. Genus Spirinia Gerlach, 1963
      1. Species Spirinia antipodea Leduc, 2019
      2. Species Spirinia gerlachi (Luc & De Coninck, 1959) Gerlach, 1963
      3. Species Spirinia gnaigeri Ott, 1977
      4. Species Spirinia guanabarensis (Maria, Esteves, Smol, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2009) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      5. Species Spirinia hopperi Coles, 1987
      6. Species Spirinia inaurita (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      7. Species Spirinia laevioides Gerlach, 1963
      8. Species Spirinia laevis (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963
      9. Species Spirinia okemwai (Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      10. Species Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963
      11. Species Spirinia parma (Ott, 1972) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      12. Species Spirinia schneideri (Villot, 1875) Gerlach, 1963
      13. Species Spirinia sophia Da Silva, De Castro, Da Fonseca Cavalcanti & Da Fonseca-Genevois, 2009
      14. Species Spirinia verecunda Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      15. Species Spirinia campbelli Allgén, 1932 accepted as Paradesmodora campbelli (Allgén, 1932) Gerlach, 1963
      16. Species Spirinia elongata De Castro, Bezerra, Da Silva & Fonseca-Genevois, 2006 accepted as Perspiria elongata (Castro et al., 2006) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015 (see Leduc & Vershelde (2015))
      17. Species Spirinia flagellata (Vitiello, 1971) accepted as Perspiria flagellata Vitiello, 1971 (Non published name, but it was cited by Castro et al. & others)
      18. Species Spirinia hamata Wieser & Hopper, 1967 accepted as Perspiria hamata Wieser & Hopper, 1967
      19. Species Spirinia lara Da Silva, De Castro, Da Fonseca Cavalcanti & Da Fonseca-Genevois, 2009 accepted as Perspiria lara (Da Silva et al., 2009) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015 (see Leduc & Verschelde (2015))
      20. Species Spirinia megamphida (Vincx & Gourbault, 1989) accepted as Perspiria megamphida Vincx & Gourbault, 1989
      21. Species Spirinia mokii accepted as Perspiria mokii Coles, 1987
      22. Species Spirinia papillata accepted as Perspiria papillata Vincx & Gourbault, 1989
      23. Species Spirinia septentrionalis (Cobb, 1914) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Perspiria septentrionalis (Cobb, 1914) Leduc, Verschelde, 2015 (see Leduc & Verschelde (2015))
      24. Species Spirinia striaticaudata (Timm, 1962) Vincx & Gourbault, 1989 accepted as Perspiria striaticaudata (Timm, 1962) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      25. Species Spirinia granulata Allgén, 1929 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      26. Species Spirinia sabulicola Filipjev, 1918 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, incomplete description, see Leduc & Verschelde (2015))
      27. Species Spirinia similis Cobb, 1898 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Coles (1987))
      28. Species Spirinia tenuicauda (Allgén, 1959) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, inadequate description, see Leduc & Verschelde 2015)
    15. Genus Spirodesma Cavalcanti, Silva & Fonseca-Genevois, 2009
      1. Species Spirodesma magdae Da Fonseca Cavalcanti, Da Silva & Da Fonseca-Genevois, 2009
    16. Genus Stygodesmodora Blome, 1982
      1. Species Stygodesmodora amphidialis Larrazábal-Filho, Neres & Esteves, 2017
      2. Species Stygodesmodora bacillicauda (Gerlach, 1963) Blome, 1982
      3. Species Stygodesmodora confusa Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
      4. Species Stygodesmodora epixantha Blome, 1982
      5. Species Stygodesmodora paramphidialis Larrazábal-Filho, Neres & Esteves, 2017
      6. Species Stygodesmodora potiguensis Larrazábal-Filho, Neres & Esteves, 2017
      7. Species Stygodesmodora robusta Larrazábal-Filho, Neres & Esteves, 2017
      8. Species Stygodesmodora rotundicephala (Cobb, 1920) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, incomplete description and inconsistent characters, see Leduc & Verschelde 2015)
    17. Genus Sigmophora Cobb, 1933 accepted as Sigmophoranema Hope & Murphy, 1972 (homonym to Sigmophora Rondoni, 1867 (Hymenoptera))
      1. Species Sigmophora brevispiculata Inglis, 1963 accepted as Sigmophoranema brevispiculatum (Inglis, 1963) Hope & Murphy, 1972
      2. Species Sigmophora litoralis Gerlach, 1951 accepted as Sigmophoranema litorale (Schulz, 1938) Gerlach, 1951 (synonymization with Parachromadora litoralis Schulz, 1938)
      3. Species Sigmophora monstrosum Gerlach, 1956 accepted as Sigmophoranema monstrosum (Gerlach, 1956) (Hope & Murphy, 1972: homonym to Sigmophora Rondoni, 1867 (Hymenoptera))
      4. Species Sigmophora rufum Cobb, 1933 accepted as Sigmophoranema rufum (Cobb, 1933) Hope & Murphy, 1972 (superseded original combination)
    18. Genus Spira Bastian, 1865 accepted as Spirinia Gerlach, 1963 (Homonym to Spira Brown, 1844 (Mollusca))
      1. Species Spira bioculata de Man, 1876 accepted as Araeolaimus bioculatus (de Man, 1876) de Man, 1988 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      2. Species Spira laevis Bastian, 1865 accepted as Spirinia laevis (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963
      3. Species Spira mediterranea de Man, 1876 accepted as Araeolaimus mediterraneus (de Man, 1876) de Man, 1888 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      4. Species Spira parasitifera Bastian, 1865 accepted as Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963
      5. Species Spira schneideri Villot, 1875 accepted as Spirinia schneideri (Villot, 1875) Gerlach, 1963
      6. Species Spira septentrionalis Cobb, 1914 accepted as Perspiria septentrionalis (Cobb, 1914) Leduc, Verschelde, 2015
      7. Species Spira tenuicaudata Bastian, 1865 accepted as Sabatieria tenuicaudata (Bastian, 1865) Rouville, 1905 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    19. Genus Alaimonema Cobb, 1920 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Armenteros et al , 2014: The original description of the genus does not provide information on essential characters for a proper evaluation.)
      1. Species Alaimonema multicinctum Cobb, 1920 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Armenteros et al , 2014: The original description of the genus does not provide information on essential characters for a proper evaluation.)
    20. Genus Parathalassoalaimus Allgén, 1929 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Hope & Murphy 1972 p 51: doubtful genus)
      1. Species Parathalassoalaimus sabulicola Allgén, 1929
    21. Genus Sigmophoranema Hope & Murphy, 1972 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Armenteros et al, 2014: Sigmophoranema as genus inquirenda and S. rufum as species inquirenda based on the absence of any drawing of the type species and on the relatively poor descriptions of the described specimens. )
      1. Species Sigmophoranema brevispiculatum (Inglis, 1963) Hope & Murphy, 1972 accepted as Onyx brevispiculatum (Inglis, 1963) Armenteros et al., 2014 (Armenteros et al, 2014 p 24: comb. nov. transferred to Onyx)
      2. Species Sigmophoranema litorale (Schulz, 1938) Gerlach, 1951 accepted as Onyx litorale (Schulz, 1938) Armenteros et al., 2014 (Armenteros et al, 2014: Comb. nov. : tranferred to Onyx)
      3. Species Sigmophoranema monstrosum (Gerlach, 1956) accepted as Onyx monstrosum (Gerlach, 1956) Armenteros et al., 2014 (Armenteros et al, 2014 p 24: comb. nov. transferred to Onyx)
      4. Species Sigmophoranema suecicus (Allgén, 1929) Schulz, 1938 accepted as Metachromadora suecica (Allgén, 1929) Schulz, 1938
      5. Species Sigmophoranema rufum (Cobb, 1933) Hope & Murphy, 1972 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Armenteros et al 2014: species inquirenda based on the absence of any drawing of the type species and on the relatively poor descriptions of the described specimens.)
  8. Subfamily Stilbonematinae Chitwood, 1936
    1. Genus Adelphos Ott, 1997
      1. Species Adelphos rolandi Ott, 1997
    2. Genus Catanema Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Catanema australis Hourston & Warwick, 2010
      2. Species Catanema dambayensis Tchesunov, 2013
      3. Species Catanema exile Cobb, 1920
      4. Species Catanema schiemeri Ott, Pröts & Scharhauser, 2020
      5. Species Catanema cobbi Inglis, 1967 accepted as Laxus cobbi (Inglis, 1967) Ott, Bauer-Nebelsick & Novotny, 1995 (see Ott et al. 1995)
      6. Species Catanema macintyrei Platt & Zhang, 1982 accepted as Robbea macintyrei (Platt & Zhang, 1982) Tchesunov, 2013 (synonym)
      7. Species Catanema porosum Hopper & Cefalu, 1973 accepted as Robbea porosum (Hopper & Cefalu, 1973) Tchesunov, 2013
      8. Species Catanema smo Platt & Zhang, 1982 accepted as Robbea smo (Platt & Zhang, 1982) Tchesunov, 2013 (synonym)
    3. Genus Centonema Leduc, 2013
      1. Species Centonema renamphidum Leduc, 2013
    4. Genus Eubostrichopsis Ott & Pröts, 2021
      1. Species Eubostrichopsis johnpearsei Ott & Pröts, 2021
    5. Genus Eubostrichus Greeff, 1869
      1. Species Eubostrichus africanus Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995
      2. Species Eubostrichus dianeae Hopper & Cefalu, 1973
      3. Species Eubostrichus fertilis Ott, Leisch & Gruber-Vodicka, 2014
      4. Species Eubostrichus filiformis Greeff, 1869
      5. Species Eubostrichus hopperi Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995
      6. Species Eubostrichus hortulanus Leduc, 2013
      7. Species Eubostrichus longisetosus Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995
      8. Species Eubostrichus otti Hourston & Warwick, 2010
      9. Species Eubostrichus parasitiferus Chitwood, 1936
      10. Species Eubostrichus phalacrus Greeff, 1869
      11. Species Eubostrichus topiarius Berger, Urbancik & Ott, 1996
      12. Species Eubostrichus exile accepted as Catanema exile Cobb, 1920 (wrong combination)
      13. Species Eubostrichus exilis (Cobb, 1920) Gerlach, 1963 op. Ott et al., 1995 accepted as Catanema exile Cobb, 1920
      14. Species Eubostrichus gerlachi Hopper & Cefalu, 1973 accepted as Laxus gerlachi (Hopper & Cefalu, 1973) Tchesunov, 2013
      15. Species Eubostrichus guernei Certes, 1889 accepted as Criconema guernei (Certes, 1889) Menzel in Hofmänner & Menzel, 1914
      16. Species Eubostrichus porosum (Hopper & Cefalu, 1973) accepted as Catanema porosum Hopper & Cefalu, 1973 (This combination never existed. Gerlach (1963) synonymised Catanema with Eubostrichus but Hopper & Cefalu (1973) later refuted this when first describing Catanema porosum. Catanema is still considered a valid genus by Tchesunov 2013)
    6. Genus Laxus Cobb, 1894
      1. Species Laxus cobbi (Inglis, 1967) Ott, Bauer-Nebelsick & Novotny, 1995
      2. Species Laxus cosmopolitus Ott J.A., 1995
      3. Species Laxus gerlachi (Hopper & Cefalu, 1973) Tchesunov, 2013
      4. Species Laxus longus Cobb, 1894
      5. Species Laxus oneistus Ott J.A., 1995
      6. Species Laxus parvum Armenteros, Ruiz-Abierno & Decraemer, 2014
      7. Species Laxus sakihariiae Leduc & Sinniger, 2018
      8. Species Laxus septentrionalis Cobb, 1914 accepted as Anticyathus septentrionalis (Cobb, 1914) Timm, 1978 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      9. Species Laxus contortus Cobb, 1894 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    7. Genus Leptonemella Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Leptonemella aphanothecae Gerlach, 1950
      2. Species Leptonemella brevipharynx Armenteros, Ruiz-Abierno & Decraemer, 2014
      3. Species Leptonemella cincta Cobb, 1920
      4. Species Leptonemella gorgo Gerlach, 1950
      5. Species Leptonemella granulosa Boucher, 1975
      6. Species Leptonemella juliae Hoschitz, Buchholz & Ott, 1999
      7. Species Leptonemella peronensis Hourston & Warwick, 2010
      8. Species Leptonemella sigma Gerlach, 1963
      9. Species Leptonemella vestari Hoschitz, Buchholz & Ott, 1999
      10. Species Leptonemella vicina Riemann, Thiermann & Bock, 2003
      11. Species Leptonemella froeyensis (Allgén, 1946) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Boucher, 1975; Tchesunov, 2013)
      12. Species Leptonemella parabullata (Allgén, 1929) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Boucher, 1975; Tchesunov, 2013)
    8. Genus Parabostrichus Tchesunov, Ingels & Popova, 2012
      1. Species Parabostrichus bathyalis Tchesunov, Ingels & Popova, 2012
    9. Genus Paralaxus Scharhauser, Zimmermann, Ott, Leisch & Gruber-Vodicka, 2020
      1. Species Paralaxus bermudensi Scharhauser, Zimmermann, Ott, Leisch & Gruber-Vodicka, 2020
      2. Species Paralaxus cocos Scharhauser, Zimmermann, Ott, Leisch & Gruber-Vodicka, 2020
      3. Species Paralaxus columbae Scharhauser, Zimmermann, Ott, Leisch & Gruber-Vodicka, 2020
    10. Genus Robbea Gerlach, 1956
      1. Species Robbea agricola Ott, Gruber-Vodicka, Leisch & Zimmermann, 2014
      2. Species Robbea caelestis Gerlach, 1956
      3. Species Robbea gallica Vitiello, 1974
      4. Species Robbea gerlachi Boucher, 1975
      5. Species Robbea hypermnestra Ott, Gruber-Vodicka, Leisch & Zimmermann, 2014
      6. Species Robbea macintyrei (Platt & Zhang, 1982) Tchesunov, 2013
      7. Species Robbea porosum (Hopper & Cefalu, 1973) Tchesunov, 2013
      8. Species Robbea ruetzleri Ott, Gruber-Vodicka, Leisch & Zimmermann, 2014
      9. Species Robbea smo (Platt & Zhang, 1982) Tchesunov, 2013
      10. Species Robbea tenax Gerlach, 1963
    11. Genus Squanema Gerlach, 1963
      1. Species Squanema articulatum Gerlach, 1963
    12. Genus Stilbonema Cobb, 1920
      1. Species Stilbonema annulatum Gerlach, 1963
      2. Species Stilbonema brevicolle Cobb, 1920
      3. Species Stilbonema majum (Cobb, 1920) Tchesunov, 2013
      4. Species Stilbonema smurovi Tchesunov, 2013
  9. Genus Laxonema Cobb, 1920 accepted as Stilbonema Cobb, 1920 (Hope & Murphy, 1972 p 49: doubtful genus; Ott, 1997 p 421: synonym of Stilbonema)
    1. Species Laxonema majum Cobb, 1920 accepted as Stilbonema majum (Cobb, 1920) Tchesunov, 2013 (Transfered into Stilbonema by Tchesunov, 2013 p 86)
  10. Genus Mesodorus Cobb, 1920 accepted as Chromaspirina Filipjev, 1918
    1. Species Mesodorus cylindricollis Cobb, 1920 accepted as Chromaspirina cylindricollis (Cobb, 1920) Filipjev in Kreis, 1926
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Nemys eds. (2024). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmodoridae Filipjev, 1922. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2167 on 2024-10-11
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taxonomy source Tchesunov, A. V.; Ingels, J.; Popova, E. V. (2012). Marine free-living nematodes associated with symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea canyons of north-east Atlantic Ocean. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 92(06): 1257-1271. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315411002116 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

taxonomy source De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. <em>Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain.</em> 2: 633-653. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

taxonomy source Tu, N.D.; Thanh Nguyen Vu; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A. (2008). New genus Asymmelaimus gen. n., sp. n. and new marine nematode species of the subfamily Dorylaimopsinae de Coninck, 1965 (Comesomatidae Filipjev, 1918) from Halong Bay, Vietnam. <em>Russian Journal of Nematology.</em> 16 (1), 7-16. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

taxonomy source Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. <em>Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin.</em> 759 pp., available online at http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/180464 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

taxonomy source Leduc, D.; Verschelde, D. (2013). One new genus and two new free-living nematode species (Desmodorida, Desmodoridae) from the continental margin of New Zealand, Southwest Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3609(3), 274-290., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3609.3.2 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

taxonomy source Leduc, D.; Verschelde, D. (2015). New <em>Spirinia</em> and <em>Stygodesmodora</em> species (Nematoda, Spiriniinae) from the Southwest Pacific, and revision of the related genera <em>Spirinia</em>, <em>Chromaspirina</em> and <em>Perspiria</em>. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (118): 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.118
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taxonomy source Armenteros, M.; Ruiz-Abierno, A.; Decraemer, W. (2014). Revision of Desmodorinae and Spiriniinae (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) with redescription of eight known species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 96: 1–32. (look up in IMIS)
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basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]   

additional source Various Authors (2000). Nematode filing cabinet of the Marine Biology Section Ugent - in combination with the NemasLan Ms-Access database (published on CD-Rom, 2000) (look up in IMIS) [details]   

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additional source Flint, H. C.; Copley, J. T. P.; Ferrero, T. J.; Van Dover, C. L. (2006). Patterns of nematode diversity at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 47: 365-370. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Ingels, J.; Vanhove, S.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). The biodiversity and biogeography of the free-living nematode genera Desmodora and Desmodorella (family Desmodoridae) at both sides of the Scotia Arc. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 29(11): 936-949., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0135-4 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Vincx, M. (1990). Diversity of the nematode communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. <em>Netherlands Journal of Sea Research.</em> 25:181-188. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

toxicology source Vincx, M.; Heip, C.H.R. (1987). The use of meiobenthos in pollution monitoring studies: a review. <em>CM Documents - ICES.</em> (E33L:1166). ICES: [s.l.]. 18 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]  OpenAccess publication 

ecology source Vanreusel, A., M. Vincx, D. Van Gansbeke & W. Gijselinck, W. (1992). Structural analysis of the meiobenthos communities of the shelf break area in two stations of the Gulf of Biscay (N.E. Atlantic). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology.</em> 122(2):185-202. (look up in IMIS) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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