Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Desmoscolecidae > Subfamily Tricominae > Genus Tricoma

Tricoma maxima (Schepotieff, 1907)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tricoma*	Cobb, 1894	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Desmoscolex maximus*	Schepotieff, 1907	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	Allgén, C. A. (1942). Die freilebenden Nematoden des Mittelmeeres. Zool. Jb. (Systematik). Band 76, Heft 1/2: 1-102.
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	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?. Marine Biodiversity. 40(3): 143-159.
additional source	Vermeeren, H. (2002). Biogeografie van Antarctische diepzeenematoden: species turn-over in dominante genera van de familie Chromadoridae. Licentiaatsthesis UGent Faculteit Wetenschappen Academiejaar 2001-2002.
redescription	Timm, R. W. (1978). Marine nematodes of the order Desmoscolecida from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Biology of the Antarctic Seas VI-Antarctic Res. Ser. 26: 225-236.
new combination reference	Allgén, C. A. (1942). Die freilebenden Nematoden des Mittelmeeres. Zool. Jb. (Systematik). Band 76, Heft 1/2: 1-102.
ecology source	Schepotieff, A. (1907). Zur Systematik der Nematoideen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. XXXI, 5/6: 132-161.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Tricoma maxima (Schepotieff, 1907). 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:121173