WoRMS taxon details
Araeolaimus elegans de Man, 1888
121383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121383)
accepted
Species
Araeolaimus ditlevseni Allgén, 1932 · unaccepted
Araeolaimus dolichoposthius Ssaweljev, 1912 · unaccepted
Araeolaimus punctatus (Cobb, 1920) · unaccepted (as syn according to Gerlach &...)
as syn according to Gerlach & Riemann, 1973, p. 61
Araeolaimus spectabilis Ditlevsen, 1921 · unaccepted (De Coninck & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933)
Araeolaimus tristis Allgen, 1931 · unaccepted (Wieser, 1956)
Coinonema punctatum Cobb, 1920 · unaccepted
marine
de Man, J. G. (1888). Sur quelques nématodes libres de la mer du Nord, nouveaux ou peu connus. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 1: 1-51., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/61577 [details] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Araeolaimus elegans de Man, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121383 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
de Man, J. G. (1888). Sur quelques nématodes libres de la mer du Nord, nouveaux ou peu connus. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 1: 1-51., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/61577 [details]
original description (of Araeolaimus ditlevseni Allgén, 1932) Allgén, C. A. (1932). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der marinen Nematodenfauna der Campbellinsel. <em>Nyt Mag. Naturvid.</em> 70: 97-198. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Araeolaimus dolichoposthius Ssaweljev, 1912) Ssaweljev, S. (1912). Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Nematoden des Kolafjords und des Relictensee Mogilnoje. <em>Travaux de la Société (Impériales) des Naturalistes de Saint-Petersbourg.</em> 42(2-3): 108-126. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 123-124 [details]
original description (of Coinonema punctatum Cobb, 1920) Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644
page(s): 259-260, fig. [details]
original description (of Araeolaimus spectabilis Ditlevsen, 1921) Ditlevsen, H. (1921). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensens Pacific Expedition 1914-16. III Marine free-living Nematodes from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn.</em> 73: 1-39.
page(s): 8-10, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Araeolaimus tristis Allgen, 1931) Allgén, C. A. (1931). Freilebende marine Nematoden aus dem Dröbakschnittes des Oslofjords. <em>Zool. Jb. (Syst).</em> 61: 211-262.
page(s): 258-259 fig. 15 a-c [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50.</em> 161-174., available online at https://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?refid=26605 [details]
original description (of Araeolaimus ditlevseni Allgén, 1932) Allgén, C. A. (1932). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der marinen Nematodenfauna der Campbellinsel. <em>Nyt Mag. Naturvid.</em> 70: 97-198. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Araeolaimus dolichoposthius Ssaweljev, 1912) Ssaweljev, S. (1912). Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Nematoden des Kolafjords und des Relictensee Mogilnoje. <em>Travaux de la Société (Impériales) des Naturalistes de Saint-Petersbourg.</em> 42(2-3): 108-126. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 123-124 [details]
original description (of Coinonema punctatum Cobb, 1920) Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644
page(s): 259-260, fig. [details]
original description (of Araeolaimus spectabilis Ditlevsen, 1921) Ditlevsen, H. (1921). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensens Pacific Expedition 1914-16. III Marine free-living Nematodes from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn.</em> 73: 1-39.
page(s): 8-10, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Araeolaimus tristis Allgen, 1931) Allgén, C. A. (1931). Freilebende marine Nematoden aus dem Dröbakschnittes des Oslofjords. <em>Zool. Jb. (Syst).</em> 61: 211-262.
page(s): 258-259 fig. 15 a-c [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50.</em> 161-174., available online at https://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?refid=26605 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Gerlach, S. A. (1965). Freilebende Meeresnematoden aus der Gezeitenzone von Spitzbergen. <em>Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven.</em> 9: 109-172. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Kito, K. (1976). Studies on the free-living marine nematodes from Hokkaido, I. <em>Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool.</em> 20 (3): 568-578. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Allgén, C. A. (1950). Letzter Bericht über freilebende marine Nematoden von der Campbellinsel. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 145: 309-316. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Kito, K. (1976). Studies on the free-living marine nematodes from Hokkaido, I. <em>Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool.</em> 20 (3): 568-578. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Allgén, C. A. (1950). Letzter Bericht über freilebende marine Nematoden von der Campbellinsel. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 145: 309-316. [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1954). IX. Vrijlevende Nematoden. <em>Veranderingen in de Flora en Fauna van de Zuiderzee (thans Ijsselmeer) na de afsluiting in 1932.</em> 169-185. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1947). West American Marine Nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXV). <em>Vidensk. Medd. fra Dansk naturh. Foren.</em> 110: 65-219. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1959). Über einige, meistens neue, freilebende marine Nematoden aus dem Feuerland-Archipel (Schwedische Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> Bd. 163, Heft 7/8: 222-243. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1928). Neue oder wenig bekannte freilebende marine Nematoden von der schwedischen Westküste. <em>Zoolog. Anzeiger.</em> Bd. LXXVII, Heft 11/12: 281-307. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yeates, G. W. (2010). Phylum Nematoda: roundworms, eelworms. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 480-493. [details]
additional source Hope, W. D. (2009). Free-Living Marine Nematoda of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1111–1123. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. <em>Biol. Jb. Dodonaea.</em> 51: 116-170. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Leduc, D.; Gwyther, J. (2008). Description of new species of Setosabatieria and Desmolaimus (Nematoda: Monhysterida) and a checklist of New Zealand free-living marine nematode species. <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 42(3): 339-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330809509962 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1953). Revision der freilebenden marinen Nematoden aus der Umgebung der Staatlichen Zoologischen Station Kristineberg an der Westküste Schwedens. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher (Systematik).</em> 81: 548-603. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1957). On a small collection of freeliving marine nematodes from Greenland and some other arctic regions with reviews and analyses of the compositions of all hitherto known arctic nematode faunas. <em>Meddr. Gronland.</em> 159 (3): 1- 42. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source de Man, J. G. (1907). Sur quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de nématodes libres habitant les côtes de la Zélande. <em>Mém. Soc. zool. Fr.</em> 20: 33-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10132057#page/37/mode/1up [details]
additional source Lorenzen, S. (1974). Die Nematodenfauna der sublitoralen Region der Deutschen Bucht, insbesondere im Titan-Abwassergebiet bei Helgoland. <em>Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh.</em> 14: 305-327. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1935). Freeliving Marine Nemas of the Belgian Coast. I. and II. <em>Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg.</em> 72: 1-36. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1947). West American Marine Nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXV). <em>Vidensk. Medd. fra Dansk naturh. Foren.</em> 110: 65-219. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Allgén, C. A. (1959). Über einige, meistens neue, freilebende marine Nematoden aus dem Feuerland-Archipel (Schwedische Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> Bd. 163, Heft 7/8: 222-243. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Allgén, C. A. (1928). Neue oder wenig bekannte freilebende marine Nematoden von der schwedischen Westküste. <em>Zoolog. Anzeiger.</em> Bd. LXXVII, Heft 11/12: 281-307. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yeates, G. W. (2010). Phylum Nematoda: roundworms, eelworms. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 480-493. [details]
additional source Hope, W. D. (2009). Free-Living Marine Nematoda of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1111–1123. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. <em>Biol. Jb. Dodonaea.</em> 51: 116-170. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Leduc, D.; Gwyther, J. (2008). Description of new species of Setosabatieria and Desmolaimus (Nematoda: Monhysterida) and a checklist of New Zealand free-living marine nematode species. <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 42(3): 339-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330809509962 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Allgén, C. A. (1953). Revision der freilebenden marinen Nematoden aus der Umgebung der Staatlichen Zoologischen Station Kristineberg an der Westküste Schwedens. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher (Systematik).</em> 81: 548-603. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Allgén, C. A. (1957). On a small collection of freeliving marine nematodes from Greenland and some other arctic regions with reviews and analyses of the compositions of all hitherto known arctic nematode faunas. <em>Meddr. Gronland.</em> 159 (3): 1- 42. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source de Man, J. G. (1907). Sur quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de nématodes libres habitant les côtes de la Zélande. <em>Mém. Soc. zool. Fr.</em> 20: 33-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10132057#page/37/mode/1up [details]
additional source Lorenzen, S. (1974). Die Nematodenfauna der sublitoralen Region der Deutschen Bucht, insbesondere im Titan-Abwassergebiet bei Helgoland. <em>Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh.</em> 14: 305-327. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1935). Freeliving Marine Nemas of the Belgian Coast. I. and II. <em>Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg.</em> 72: 1-36. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Original description (NemasLan) 
Note: species description of Araeolaimus elegans taken from: Gerlach, S. A., 1965. Freilebende Meersenematoden aus der Gezeitenzone von Spitzbergen. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. Band IX: 109-172; ...
Original description (NemasLan) Note: species description of Araeolaimus elegans taken from: Kito, K., 1976. Studies on the Free-living Marine Nematodes from Hokkaido, I. Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool. 20 (3); NeMys_pictur...
Original description (NemasLan) Note: species description of Araeolaimus elegans taken from: de Man, J. G., 1888. Sur quelques nématodes libres de la mer du Nord, nouveaux ou peu connus. Mém. Soc. zool. Fr., 1: 1-51; NeMys_picture_id: ...
Original description (NemasLan) Note: species description of Araeolaimus elegans taken from: Allgén, C., 1950. Letzter Bericht über freilebende marine Nematoden von der Campbellinsel. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 145: 309-316; NeMys_picture_...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coinonema punctatum Cobb, 1920)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Araeolaimus elegans)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
Note: species description of Araeolaimus elegans taken from: Gerlach, S. A., 1965. Freilebende Meersenematoden aus der Gezeitenzone von Spitzbergen. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. Band IX: 109-172; ... Original description (NemasLan)
Note: species description of Araeolaimus elegans taken from: Kito, K., 1976. Studies on the Free-living Marine Nematodes from Hokkaido, I. Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool. 20 (3); NeMys_pictur... Original description (NemasLan)
Note: species description of Araeolaimus elegans taken from: de Man, J. G., 1888. Sur quelques nématodes libres de la mer du Nord, nouveaux ou peu connus. Mém. Soc. zool. Fr., 1: 1-51; NeMys_picture_id: ... Original description (NemasLan)
Note: species description of Araeolaimus elegans taken from: Allgén, C., 1950. Letzter Bericht über freilebende marine Nematoden von der Campbellinsel. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 145: 309-316; NeMys_picture_... To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coinonema punctatum Cobb, 1920)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Araeolaimus elegans)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
