Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Selachinematidae > Genus Gammanema

Gammanema rapax (Ssaweljev, 1912) Gerlach, 1964

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gammanema*	Cobb, 1920	accepted genus name
*Trogolaimus*	Cobb, 1920	synonym

Species group names

*Halichoanolaimus rapax*	Ssaweljev, 1912	synonym

Literature

basis of record	De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. 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. 161-174.
additional source	Gagarin, V. G.; Klerman, A. K. (2007). New species of predatory chromadorids (Nematoda, Chromadorida) from the Mediterranean Sea. Zoologičeskij žurnal. 86(7), 778-786.
additional source	Coomans, A. V. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.]. In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium. 43-56.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1964). Revision der Choniolaiminae und Selachinematinae (freilebende Meeres-Nematoden). Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., (Kosswig-Festschrift). 23-49.
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)
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
redescription	Okhlopkov, J. R. (2002). Free-living nematodes of the families Selachinematidae and Richtersiidae in the White Sea (Nematoda, Chromadoria). Zoosystematica Rossa. 11(1): 41-55.
ecology source	Ssaweljev, S. (1912). Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Nematoden des Kolafjords und des Relictensee Mogilnoje. Travaux de la Société (Impériales) des Naturalistes de Saint-Petersbourg. 42(2-3): 108-126.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Gammanema rapax (Ssaweljev, 1912) Gerlach, 1964. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120934