Deep-Sea name details
Desmodora (Desmodorella) Cobb, 1933
227466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:227466)
unaccepted (raised to genus level)
Subgenus
- Species Desmodora (Desmodorella) nybelini (Allgén, 1954) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Desmodora (Desmodorella) balteata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998 accepted as Desmodorella balteata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
- Species Desmodora (Desmodorella) cephalata Cobb, 1933 accepted as Desmodora cephalata (Cobb, 1933) accepted as Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Desmodora (Desmodorella) spineacaudata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998 accepted as Desmodorella spineacaudata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998 (subgenus raised to genus)
marine
Cobb, N. A. (1933). New nemic genera and species, with taxonomic notes (Ed. by Margaret V. Cobb). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 20(2): 81-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3272166 [details] Available for editors 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmodora (Desmodorella) Cobb, 1933. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=227466 on 2026-02-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Desmodora (Desmodorella) Cobb, 1933. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=227466 on 2026-02-24
Date
action
by
2006-05-15 14:18:20Z
created
db_admin
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z
changed
Camba Reu, Cibran
original description
Cobb, N. A. (1933). New nemic genera and species, with taxonomic notes (Ed. by Margaret V. Cobb). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 20(2): 81-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3272166 [details] Available for editors
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0194-0 [details]
additional source Neira, C.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Desmotersia levinae, a new genus and new species of free-living nematode from bathyal oxygen minimum zone sediments off Callao, Peru, with discussion on the classification of the genus Richtersia (Chromadorida: Selachinematidae). <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 9(1): 1.e1-1.e15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2008.09.004 [details] Available for editors
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
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
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
source of synonymy Verschelde, D.; Gourbault, N.; Vincx, M. (1998). Revision of Desmodora with descriptions of new Desmodorids (Nematoda) from hydrothermal vents of the Pacific. <em>J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K.</em> 78: 75-112. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400039977 [details] Available for editors
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0184-8 [details] Available for editors
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0194-0 [details]
additional source Neira, C.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Desmotersia levinae, a new genus and new species of free-living nematode from bathyal oxygen minimum zone sediments off Callao, Peru, with discussion on the classification of the genus Richtersia (Chromadorida: Selachinematidae). <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 9(1): 1.e1-1.e15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2008.09.004 [details] Available for editors
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
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
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
source of synonymy Verschelde, D.; Gourbault, N.; Vincx, M. (1998). Revision of Desmodora with descriptions of new Desmodorids (Nematoda) from hydrothermal vents of the Pacific. <em>J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K.</em> 78: 75-112. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400039977 [details] Available for editors
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0184-8 [details] Available for editors
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