Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Araeolaimida > Superfamily Axonolaimoidea > Family Comesomatidae > Subfamily Dorylaimopsinae > Genus Hopperia

Hopperia massiliensis Vitiello, 1969

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hopperia*	Vitiello, 1969	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Vitiello, P. (1969). Hopperia, nouveau genre de Nématode libre marin (Comesomatidae). Téthys. 1 (2): 485-491.
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	De Ward, C. T. P. (2004). New species of Hopperia (Nematoda, Comesomatidae) and Metachromadora (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from Patagonia, Chubut, Argentina. Zootaxa. 542 : 1-15.
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	Jensen, P. (1979). Revision of Comesomatidae (Nematoda). Zoologica Scripta. 8(2): 81-105.
additional source	Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P.Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet, M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. Zootaxa. 5249(2): 213-252.
identification resource	Jensen, P. (1992). Description of the marine nematode Hopperia australis sp. n. (Comesomatidae) from mangroves in Darwin, Australia, with a pictorial key to Hopperia species. Cah. Biol. Mar. 33: 495-500.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Hopperia massiliensis Vitiello, 1969. 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:121350