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

Pontonema simile (Southern, 1914) Filipjev, 1921

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pontonema*	Leidy, 1855	accepted genus name
*Convexolaimus*	Kreis, 1928	synonym
*Paroncholaimus*	Filipjev, 1916	synonym

Species group names

*Oncholaimus similis*	Southern, 1914	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	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)
taxonomy source	Filipjev, I. N. (1921). Free-living marine Nematodes of the Sevastopol area. Trudy osob. zool. Lab. sebastop. biol. Sta. Series II No 4, Issue II: 351-614.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Pontonema simile (Southern, 1914) Filipjev, 1921. 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:122214