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 macramphida Chitwood, 1951

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	Chitwood, B. G. (1951). North American marine nematodes. Texas J. Sci. 3(4): 617-672.
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	Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 29, 497-508.
additional source	Pastor de Ward, C. T. (1993). Nematodes marinos de la Ria Deseado (Oncholaimoidea; Oncholaimidae), Santa Cruz, Argentina.IX. Physis, Secc. A. 48 (114 - 115): 29 - 40.
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	Pastor de Ward, C. T. (1979). Free-living marine nematodes (subclass Adenophorea) of the ria Deseado (Santa Cruz, Argentina). Systematic contributions I. Annales Soc. r. Zool. Belg. 108 (1-2): 29-45.
additional source	Hope, W. D. (2009). Free-Living Marine Nematoda of the Gulf of Mexico. in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1111–1123.
additional source	Jensen, P. (1986). The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. IV. Ecological aspects. Marine Biology. 92: 489-503.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Viscosia macramphida Chitwood, 1951. 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:122144