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Theristus Bastian, 1865

2469  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2469)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Monhysterida (Order)
  7. Monhysterina (Suborder)
  8. Sphaerolaimoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Xyalidae (Family)
  10. Theristus (Genus)
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  1. Species Theristus acer Bastian, 1865
  2. Species Theristus acribus Gerlach, 1956
  3. Species Theristus acriformis (de Man, 1922) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
  4. Species Theristus aculeatus Schulz, 1935
  5. Species Theristus agilis (de Man, 1880) Filipjev, 1918
  6. Species Theristus altenbachi Jensen, 1991
  7. Species Theristus anisocirculus Blome, 1982
  8. Species Theristus anisotrichus Lorenzen, 1971
  9. Species Theristus anoxybioticus Jensen, 1995
  10. Species Theristus arcuatospiculus Leduc & Zhao, 2023
  11. Species Theristus athesinus Andrássy, 1962
  12. Species Theristus balticus Lorenzen, 1973
  13. Species Theristus bastiani Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
  14. Species Theristus biarcospiculoides Blome, 1982
  15. Species Theristus biarcospiculum Timm, 1954
  16. Species Theristus bipunctatus (Schneider, 1906) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
  17. Species Theristus blandicor Rachor, 1971
  18. Species Theristus borosi Andrássy, 1958
  19. Species Theristus brevisetosus Alekseev in Alekseev, 1992
  20. Species Theristus bujumbura Tsalolikhin in Tsalolikhin, 1989
  21. Species Theristus calx Wieser & Hopper, 1967
  22. Species Theristus caudasaliens Adams & Tyler, 1980
  23. Species Theristus complexus Jayasree & Warwick, 1977
  24. Species Theristus conicaudatus Allgén, 1959
  25. Species Theristus consobrinus Nguyen Dinh Tu & Gagarin, 2017
  26. Species Theristus copulatus Jensen, 1986
  27. Species Theristus coralis Long, Thu, Gagarin & Tu, 2023
  28. Species Theristus cylindricus Salma, Nasira, Saima & Shahina, 2017
  29. Species Theristus darkovi Tsalolikhin, 1993
  30. Species Theristus denticulatus Warwick, 1970
  31. Species Theristus discolensis Bussau, 1993
  32. Species Theristus diversispiculum Gerlach, 1953
  33. Species Theristus ensifer Gerlach, 1951
  34. Species Theristus filicaudatus Allgén, 1959
  35. Species Theristus flevensis Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935
  36. Species Theristus franzbergeri Schiemer, 1984
  37. Species Theristus gigas Gagarin & Thanh, 2018
  38. Species Theristus gobiensis (Tsalolikhin, 1985)
  39. Species Theristus gracilis (de Man, 1876) Filipjev, 1918
  40. Species Theristus heterospiculoides Gerlach, 1953
  41. Species Theristus heterospiculum (Allgén, 1932) Gerlach, 1953
  42. Species Theristus inermis Gerlach, 1953
  43. Species Theristus interstitialis Warwick, 1970
  44. Species Theristus karachiensis (Timm, 1963)
  45. Species Theristus levicapitulus Leduc & Zhao, 2023
  46. Species Theristus lineatus Gerlach, 1965
  47. Species Theristus littoralis Filipjev, 1922
  48. Species Theristus longicollis Blome, 1982
  49. Species Theristus longisetifer Kito & Aryuthaka, 1998
  50. Species Theristus longisetosus Schuurmans Stekhoven & De Coninck, 1933
  51. Species Theristus longispicula Platonova, 1971
  52. Species Theristus longus Platt, 1973
  53. Species Theristus lorenzeni Pastor de Ward, 1985
  54. Species Theristus macer Lorenzen, 1973
  55. Species Theristus macroflevensis Gerlach, 1954
  56. Species Theristus manicatus Wieser, 1956
  57. Species Theristus marinae Tchesunov, 1981
  58. Species Theristus megalaimoides Wieser, 1956
  59. Species Theristus melnikovi Tchesunov, 1986
  60. Species Theristus metaflevensis Gerlach, 1955
  61. Species Theristus meyli Riemann, 1966
  62. Species Theristus minimus Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2011
  63. Species Theristus modicus Wieser, 1956
  64. Species Theristus monstrosus Gerlach, 1954
  65. Species Theristus norwegicus (Allgén, 1933) Wieser, 1956
  66. Species Theristus oistospiculum (Allgén, 1932)
  67. Species Theristus orientalis Gagarin & Thanh, 2005
  68. Species Theristus otoplanobius Gerlach, 1951
  69. Species Theristus pakistanesis (Turpeenniemi, Nasira & Maqbool, 2001) Fonseca & Bezerra, 2013
  70. Species Theristus pannonicus Andrássy, 1985
  71. Species Theristus parambronensis Timm, 1954
  72. Species Theristus paravelox Allgén, 1934
  73. Species Theristus pertenuis Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935
  74. Species Theristus pictus Gerlach, 1951
  75. Species Theristus polychaetophilus Hopper, 1966
  76. Species Theristus problematicus (Allgén, 1927) Wieser, 1956
  77. Species Theristus profundus Blome, 1982
  78. Species Theristus psammophilus Gagarin & Naumova, 2012
  79. Species Theristus pyronasi Gerlach, 1965
  80. Species Theristus rezaki Jensen, 1986
  81. Species Theristus rhynchonemoides Hopper, 1961
  82. Species Theristus roscoffiensis Vitiello, 1967
  83. Species Theristus ruffoi Andrássy, 1959
  84. Species Theristus scanicus Allgén, 1949
  85. Species Theristus siwaschensis Revkova, 2020
  86. Species Theristus sonnae Bussau, 1993
  87. Species Theristus stranus Gerlach, 1957
  88. Species Theristus streltzovi Galtsova, Platonova, Streltsova & Petukhov, 1980
  89. Species Theristus subacer Pavljuk, 1984
  90. Species Theristus subcurvatus Lorenzen, 1977
  91. Species Theristus terricola (Andrássy, 1985)
  92. Species Theristus tessae Heyns & Coomans, 1989
  93. Species Theristus tsalolikhini Gagarin & Naumova, 2012
  94. Species Theristus turbidus Gagarin & Thanh, 2010
  95. Species Theristus variasetosus Pavljuk, 1984
  96. Species Theristus velox Bastian, 1865
  97. Species Theristus vesentiniae Andrássy, 1962
  98. Species Theristus vivax Leduc & Zhao, 2023
  99. Species Theristus wegelinae Andrássy, 1962
  100. Species Theristus wimmeri Wieser, 1959
  101. Species Theristus longicaudatus Filipjev, 1922 accepted as Daptonema longicaudatum (Filipjev, 1922) Lorenzen, 1977
  102. Species Theristus longissimecaudatus Kreis, 1935 accepted as Daptonema longissimecaudatum (Kreis, 1935) Lorenzen, 1977
  103. Species Theristus maior Gerlach, 1956 accepted as Valvaelaimus maior (Gerlach, 1956) Lorenzen, 1977
  104. Species Theristus normandicus (de Man, 1890) accepted as Daptonema normandicum (de Man, 1890) Lorenzen, 1977
  105. Species Theristus parasetosus (Allgén, 1928) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.
page(s): 156-157, pl: XIII, fig: 187-189 [details] OpenAccess publication
Nemys eds. (2024). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Theristus Bastian, 1865. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2469 on 2025-04-03
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Theristus Bastian, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2469 on 2025-04-03
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2016-12-01 09:35:02Z
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Mokievsky, Vadim
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Venekey, Virág

original description Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.
page(s): 156-157, pl: XIII, fig: 187-189 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Venekey, V.; Gheller, P. F.; Maria, T. F.; Brustolin, M. C.; Kandratavicius, N.; Vieira, D. C.; Brito, S.; Souza, G. S.; Fonseca, G. (2014). The state of the art of Xyalidae (Nematoda, Monhysterida) with reference to the Brazilian records. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 44(3): 367-390., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0226-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Li, J.; Vincx, M. (1993). The temporal variation of intertidal nematodes in the Westerschelde. I. The importance of an estuarine gradient. <em>Netherlands Journal of Aquatic Ecology.</em> 27 (2-4): 319-326. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lorenzen, S. (1977). Revision der Xyalidae (freilebende Nematoden) auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse von 56 Arten aus Nord- und Ostsee. <em>Veroff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh.</em> 16: 197-261. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2008). Nematodes from sandy beaches of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 16 (2), 92-103. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Miljutin, D. M.; Gad, G.; Miljutina, M. M.; Mokievsky, V. O.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Esteves, A. M. (2010). The state of knowledge on deep-sea nematode taxonomy: how many valid species are known down there?. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 40(3): 143-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0041-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sebastian, S.; Raes, M.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). Comparison of the nematode fauna from the Weddell Sea Abyssal Plain with two North Atlantic abyssal sites. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 54(16-17): 1727-1736. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.004 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Van Gaever, S.; Galéron, J.; Sibuet, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Deep-sea habitat heterogeneity influence on meiofaunal communities in the Gulf of Guinea. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 56(23): 2259-2269., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.008 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Van Gaever, S.; Moodley, L.; De Beer, D.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Meiobenthos at the Arctic Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano, with a parental-caring nematode thriving in sulphide-rich sediments. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 321: 143-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps321143 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Van Gaever, S.; Olu, K.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Metazoan meiofaunal communities at cold seeps along the Norwegian margin: Influence of habitat heterogeneity and evidence for connection with shallow-water habitats. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 56(5): 772-785., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.015 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vanreusel, A.; Fonseca, G.; Danovaro, R.; Da Silva, M. C.; Esteves, A. M.; Ferrero, T.; Gad, G.; Galtsova, V.; Gambi, C.; Da Fonsêca Genevois, V.; Ingels, J.; Ingole, B.; Lampadariou, N.; Merckx, B.; Miljutin, D.; Miljutina, M.; Muthumbi, A.; Netto, S.; Portnova, D.; Radziejewska, T.; Raes, M.; Tchesunov, A.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Gaever, S.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N.; Flint, H.; Copley, J.; Pape, E.; Zeppilli, D.; Martinez, P. A.; Galeron, J. (2010). The contribution of deep-sea macrohabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 31(1): 6-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00352.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Venekey, V.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Santos, P. J. P. (2010). Biodiversity of free-living marine nematodes on the coast of Brazil: a review. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2568: 39–66. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zekely, J.; Gollner, S.; Van Dover, C. L.; Govenar, B.; Le Bris, N.; Nemeschkal, H. L.; Bright, M. (2006). Nematode communities associated with tubeworm and mussel aggregations on the East Pacific Rise. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 47: 477-482. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zekely, J.; Van Dover, C.; Nemeschkal, H.; Bright, M. (2006). Hydrothermal vent meiobenthos associated with mytilid mussel aggregations from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the East Pacific Rise. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 53(8): 1363-1378., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2006.05.010 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vanaverbeke, J., K. Soetaert, C. Heip & A. Vanreusel. (1997). The metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic). <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 38:93-107. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zeppilli, D. & R. Danovaro (2009). Meiofaunal diversity and assemblage structure in a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Pacific Ocean. Aquatic Biology. 5(1):75-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00140 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Verschelde, D.; Nicholas, W.; Vincx, M. (2006). A Review of the Genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): New Species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 571, 17-40. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Timm, R. W. (1957). New Marine Nematodes from St. Martin's Island. Pakist. J. Scient. Res., 9 (4): 133-138 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

additional source Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Guitartia tridentata n. gen., n. sp. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) and Macrodontium gaspari n. gen., n. sp. (Chromadorida: Microlaimidae), free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Nematology.</em> 12 (3): 417-427. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Cienfuegia gen. nov. (Xyalidae) and Pseudoterschellingia gen. nov. (Linhomoeidae), two new genera of free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 43(17-18): 1067-1081. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Copley, J. T. P.; Flint, H. C.; Ferrero, T. J.; Van Dover, C. L. (2007). Diversity of meiofauna and free-living nematodes in hydrothermal vant mussel beds on the northern and southern East Pacific Rise. <em>J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K.</em> [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source de Leonardis, C., R. Sandulli, J. Vanaverbeke, M. Vincx & S. de Zio. (2008). Meiofauna and nematode diversity in some Mediterranean subtidal areas of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea. <em>Scientia Marina Barcelona (Spain).</em> .72 (1): 5-13. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pastor de Ward, C. T. (1985). Nematodes de la Ria Deseado (Monhysteroidea, Xyalidae), Santa Cruz, Argentina. II. <em>Physis.</em> Secc. A, 43 (105): 113 - 130. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dando, P. R.; Austen, M. C.; Burke, Jr. R. A.; Kendall, M. A.; Kennicutt, II M. C.; Judd, A. G.; Moore, D. C.; O'Hara, S. C. M.; Schmaljohann, R.; Southward, A. J. (1991). Ecology of a North Sea pockmark with an active methane seep. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 70: 49-63. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. <em>Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res.</em> 29, 497-508. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Derycke, S.; Van Vynckt, R.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Colonization patterns of Nematoda on decomposing algae in the estuarine environment: community assembly and genetic structure of the dominant species Pellioditis marina. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 52(3): 992-1001. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Mahmoudi, E.; Essid, N.; Beyrem, H.; Hedfi, A.; Boufahdja, F.; Aïssa, P.; Vitiello, P. (2008). Mussel-farming effects on Mediterranean benthic nematode communities. <em>Nematology.</em> 10 (3): 323-333. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Fonseca, G.; Soltwedel, T.; Vanreusel, A.; Lindegarth, M. (2010). Variation in nematode assemblages over multiple spatial scales and environmental conditions in Arctic deep seas. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 84 (3-4): 174-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.11.001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Heip, C.; Decraemer, W. (1974). The diversity of nematode communities in the Southern North Sea. <em>J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K.</em> 54: 251-255. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Maria, T. F.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Esteves, A. M.; De Troch, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). The importance of biological interactions for the vertical distribution of nematodes in a temperate ultra-dissipative sandy beach. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 97: 114-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.030 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A. (2013). Is nematode colonisation in the presence of Scolelepis in tropical sandy-beach sediment similar to the colonisation process in temperate sandy beaches?. <em>Braz. J. Biol.</em> 73(1): 19-28. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source De Oliveira Pinto, T.K.,Netto, S.A., Esteves, A.M., De Castro, F.J.V., Neres, P.F. and Da Silva, M.C. (2021). Free-living freshwater nematodes from Brazil: checklist of genera and regional patterns of diversity. <em>Nematology.</em> 0 (2021) 1-14. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

ecology source Maria, T. F.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Esteves, A. M.; De Troch, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). The importance of biological interactions for the vertical distribution of nematodes in a temperate ultra-dissipative sandy beach. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 97: 114-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.030 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

ecology source Ingels, J., K. Kiriakoulakis, G.A. Wolff & A. Vanreusel. (2009). Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 56(9): 1521-1539. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2009.04.010 [details] OpenAccess publication

ecology source Raes, M.; De Troch, M.; Ndaro, S. G. M.; Muthumbi, A.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). The structuring role of microhabitat type in coral degradation zones: a case study with marine nematodes from Kenya and Zanzibar. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 26 (1): 13-126. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

ecology source Raes, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Microhabitat type determines the composition of nematode communities associated with sediment-clogged cold-water coral framework in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic). <em>Deep-Sea Research Part I.</em> 53 (12): 880-1894. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

ecology source Fonsêca-Genevois, V.da., P.J. Somerfield, M.H. Baeta-Neves, R. Coutinho & T. Moens. (2006). Colonization and early succession on artificial hard substrata by meiofauna. Marine Biology 148(5):1039-1050., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0145-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Tu, N. D.; Gagarin, V. G. (2017). Free-living nematodes from mangrove forest in the Yên River estuary (Vietnam). <em>Inland Water Biology.</em> 10(3): 266-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s1995082917030129
page(s): 272-273, Fig.3, Table 3; note: Pictorial and tabular keys to T. flevensis group [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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