Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Oncholaimina > Superfamily Oncholaimoidea > Family Oncholaimidae > Subfamily Oncholaimellinae > Genus Viscosia

Viscosia elongata Filipjev, 1922

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Viscosia*	de Man, 1890	accepted genus name
*Mononcholaimus*	Kreis, 1924	synonym

Literature

original description	Filipjev, I. N. (1922). Encore sur les Nématodes libres de la mer Noire. Tr. Stravrop. Skh. Inst. Zool. 1: 83-184.
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	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1950). The freeliving marine nemas of the Mediterranean: I. The Bay of Villefranche. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, deuxième série = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Bruxelles. 2(37): 1-220.
additional source	Smol, N.; Sharma, J. (1984). Two new and three redescribed species of Viscosia (Nematoda, Oncholaimidea). Hydrobiologia. 114: 123-147.
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)

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Viscosia elongata Filipjev, 1922. 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:122139