Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Nematoda > Class Adenophorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Desmoscolecidae > Genus Desmoscolex

Desmoscolex frontalis (Gerlach, 1952)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmoscolex*	Claparède, 1863	accepted genus name
*Desmolorenzenia*	Freudenhammer, 1975	synonym

Species group names

*Desmolorenzenia frontalis*	(Gerlach, 1952)	synonym
*Quadricoma frontalis*	(Gerlach, 1952) Freudenhammer, 1975	synonym

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

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
NeMys
WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Vanaverbeke, J. (2014). Desmoscolex frontalis (Gerlach, 1952). 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:153433