Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Cyartonematidae > Genus Cyartonema

Cyartonema elegans Jayasree & Warwick, 1977

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyartonema*	Cobb, 1920	accepted genus name
*Southernia*	Allgén, 1929	synonym

Literature

original description	Jayasree, K.; Warwick, R. M. (1977). Free-living marine nematodes of a polluted sandy beach in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Description of seven new species. J. Nat. Hist. 11: 289-302.
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	Boyd, S. E.; Rees, H. L.; Richardson, C. A. (2000). Nematodes as Sensitive Indicators of Change at Dredged Material Disposal Sites. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 51: 805–819.
additional source	Van Laere, P. (2003). Mariene nematoden van de laagwaterlijn van het strand van De Panne: diversiteit en verticale distributie in het sediment. Lic. Thesis UGent. 66 pp.
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	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
additional source	Gheskiere, T.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2003). Vrijlevende mariene nematoden, ongekende bewoners van het zandstrand ecosysteem. De Strandvlo. 23 : 58-67.
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	Hwang, U. W.; Choi, E. H.; Kim, D. S.; Decraemer, W.; Chang, C. Y. (2009). Monophyly of the family Desmoscolecidae (Nematoda, Demoscolecida) and Its Phylogenetic position inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Molecules and Cells. 27(5): 515-523.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cyartonema elegans Jayasree & Warwick, 1977. 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:121188