Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Nematoda > Class Adenophorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Monhysterina > Superfamily Sphaerolaimoidea > Family Xyalidae > Genus Valvaelaimus

Valvaelaimus maior (Gerlach, 1956)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Valvaelaimus*	Lorenzen, 1977	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Coomans, A. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.] Pp 43-56 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
additional source	Deprez, T. et al. (2005). NeMys - Generic Taxonomic Database System on Mysida and Nematoda. World Wide Web electronic publication
new combination reference	Lorenzen, S. (1977): Revision der Xyalidae (freilebende Nematoden) auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse von 56 Arten aus Nord- und Ostsee Veröff. Inst. Meerseforsch. Bremerh. 16: 197-261

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Vanaverbeke, J. (2014). Valvaelaimus maior (Gerlach, 1956). In: Deprez, T. et al. (2005). NeMys. World list of free-living nematodes. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153453