Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea > Family Desmodoridae > Subfamily Spiriniinae > Genus Spirinia

Spirinia laevis (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spirinia*	Gerlach, 1963	accepted genus name
*Spira*	Bastian, 1865	junior homonym
*Spirina*	Filipjev, 1918	synonym

Species group names

*Spira laevis*	Bastian, 1865	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	Castro, F. J. V.; Bezerra, T. N. C.; Silva, M. C.; Fonseca-Genevois, V. (2006). Spirinia elongata, sp. nov. (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from Pina Basin, Pernambuco, Brazil. Zootaxa. 1121: 53-68.
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	Lorenzen, S. (1974). Die Nematodenfauna der sublitoralen Region der Deutschen Bucht, insbesondere im Titan-Abwassergebiet bei Helgoland. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 14: 305-327.
additional source	Vincx, M.; Gourbault, N. (1989). Desmodoridae from the Bay of Morlaix (Brittany) and the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff. 30(1): 103-11.
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	Warwick, R. M. (1971). Nematode associations in the Exe estuary. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 51: 439-454.
additional source	Da Silva, M. C.; De Castro, F. J. V.; Da Fonseca Cavalcanti, M.; Da Fonsêca-Genevo, V. (2009). Spirinia lara sp. n. and Spirinia sophia sp. n. (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from the Brazilian continental margin (Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro). Zootaxa. 2081: 31–45.
additional source	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
new combination reference	Gerlach, S. A. (1963). Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven II. Kieler Meeresforsch. 19: 67-103.
ecology source	Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Spirinia laevis (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963. 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:121026