Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea > Family Draconematidae > Genus Paradraconema

Paradraconema spinosum (Southern, 1914) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paradraconema*	Allen & Noffsinger, 1978	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chaetosoma spinosum*	Southern, 1914	synonym
*Draconema spinosum*	(Southern, 1914) Kreis, 1937	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	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	Kito, K.; Chatterjee, T. (2012). New species of the genera Draconema Cobb, 1913 and Paradraconema Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 (Nematoda, Draconematidae) from the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean, with keys to the species. Zootaxa. 3575: 78-88.
new combination reference	Allen, M. W.; Noffsinger, E. M. (1978). A revision of the marine nematodes of the superfamily Draconematoidea Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda: Draconematina). University of California Publications in Zoology. Volume 109, 133 pgs.
taxonomy source	Rho, H. S.; Kim, W. (2005). Paradraconema jejuense, a new species of genus Paradraconema (Nematoda: Draconematidae) from Korea. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology. 21(1): 81-91.
ecology source	Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Nemathelmia, Kinorhyncha, and Chaetognatha. Proceedings of the the Royal Irish Academy. 31, part 54, section 3: 1-80, plates I-XII.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Paradraconema spinosum (Southern, 1914) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978. 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:121054