Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Chromadoridae > Subfamily Spilipherinae

Acantholaimus Allgén, 1933

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acantholaimus elegans Jensen, 1988
Acantholaimus iubilus Gerlach, Schrage & Riemann, 1979
Acantholaimus longisetosus Allgén, 1933
Acantholaimus megamphis Vivier, 1985
Acantholaimus minutus (Vitiello, 1972) Gerlach, Schrage & Riemann, 1979
Acantholaimus polydentatus Gerlach, 1951
Acantholaimus setosus Vitiello, 1970
Acantholaimus spinicauda (Vitiello, 1970) Gerlach, Schrage & Riemann, 1979

Literature

original description	Allgén, C. A. (1933). Freilebende Nematoden aus dem Trondhjemsfjord. Capita Zoologica. 4(2): 1-162.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Danovaro, R.; Dell'Anno, A.; Pusceddu, A. (2004). Biodiversity response to climate change in a warm deep sea. Ecology Letters. 7(9): 821-828.
additional source	Van Gaever, S.; Olu, K.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Metazoan meiofaunal communities at cold seeps along the Norwegian margin: Influence of habitat heterogeneity and evidence for connection with shallow-water habitats. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 56(5): 772-785.
additional source	Tchesunov, A. V. (2008). Three new species of free-living nematodes from the South-East Atlantic Abyss (DIVA I Expedition). Zootaxa. 1866 151-174.
additional source	Van Gaever, S.; Galéron, J.; Sibuet, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Deep-sea habitat heterogeneity influence on meiofaunal communities in the Gulf of Guinea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 56(23): 2259-2269.
additional source	Vanreusel, A.; Van Den Bossche, I.; Thiermann, F. (1997). Free-living marine nematodes from hydrothermal sediments: similarities with communities from diverse reduced habitats. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 157: 207-219.
additional source	Venekey, V.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Santos, P. J. P. (2010). Biodiversity of free-living marine nematodes on the coast of Brazil: a review. Zootaxa. 2568: 39–66.
additional source	Zeppilli, D. & R. Danovaro (2009). Meiofaunal diversity and assemblage structure in a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Pacific Ocean. Aquatic Biology. 5(1):75-84.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Danovaro, R.; Gambi, C.; Lampadariou, N.; Tselepides, A. (2008). Deep-sea nematode biodiversity in the Mediterranean basin: testing for longitudinal, bathymetric and energetic gradients. Ecography. 31(2): 231-244.
additional source	Miljutin, D. M.; Gad, G.; Miljutina, M. M.; Mokievsky, V. O.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Esteves, A. M. (2010). The state of knowledge on deep-sea nematode taxonomy: how many valid species are known down there?. Marine Biodiversity. 40(3): 143-159.
additional source	Van Gaever, S.; Moodley, L.; De Beer, D.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Meiobenthos at the Arctic Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano, with a parental-caring nematode thriving in sulphide-rich sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 321: 143-155.
additional source	Fonseca, G.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Taxonomy and species distribution of the genus Manganonema Bussau, 1993 (Nematoda: Monhysterida). Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 47 (2): 189-203.
additional source	Fonseca, G.; Soltwedel, T.; Vanreusel, A.; Lindegarth, M. (2010). Variation in nematode assemblages over multiple spatial scales and environmental conditions in Arctic deep seas. Progress in Oceanography. 84 (3-4): 174-184.
additional source	Brandt, A.; Gooday, A.J.; Brandão, S.N.; Brix, S.; Brökeland, W.; Cedhagen, T.; Choudhury, M.; Cornelius, N.; Danis, B.; De Mesel, I.; Diaz, R.J.; Gillan, D.C.; Ebbe, B.; Howe, J.A.; Janussen, D.; Kaiser, S.; Linse, K.; Malyutina, M.; Pawlowski, J.; Raupach, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea. Nature. 447 (7142): 307-311.
additional source	Van Gaever, S.; Vanreusel, A.; Hughes, J.; Bett, B.; Kiriakoulakis, K. (1999). The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 84(3): 547-556.
additional source	Vanaverbeke, J., K. Soetaert, C. Heip & A. Vanreusel. (1997). The metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic). Journal of Sea Research. 38:93-107.
additional source	Vanreusel, A.; Fonseca, G.; Danovaro, R.; Da Silva, M. C.; Esteves, A. M.; Ferrero, T.; Gad, G.; Galtsova, V.; Gambi, C.; Da Fonsêca Genevois, V.; Ingels, J.; Ingole, B.; Lampadariou, N.; Merckx, B.; Miljutin, D.; Miljutina, M.; Muthumbi, A.; Netto, S.; Portnova, D.; Radziejewska, T.; Raes, M.; Tchesunov, A.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Gaever, S.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N.; Flint, H.; Copley, J.; Pape, E.; Zeppilli, D.; Martinez, P. A.; Galeron, J. (2010). The contribution of deep-sea macrohabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity. Marine Ecology. 31(1): 6-20.
additional source	Copley, J. T. P.; Flint, H. C.; Ferrero, T. J.; Van Dover, C. L. (2007). Diversity of meiofauna and free-living nematodes in hydrothermal vant mussel beds on the northern and southern East Pacific Rise. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K.
additional source	Miljutin, D. M.; Miljutina, M. A. (2016). Intraspecific variability of morphological characters in the species-rich deep-sea genus Acantholaimus Allgén, 1933 (Nematoda: Chromadoridae). Nematology. 18(4): 455-473.
additional source	Buhl-Mortensen, L.; Vanreusel, A.; Gooday, A. J.; Levin, L. A.; Priede, I. G.; Buhl-Mortensen, P.; Gheerardyn, H.; King, N. J.; Raes, M. (2010). Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins. Marine Ecology. 31: 21-50.
additional source	Sebastian, S.; Raes, M.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). Comparison of the nematode fauna from the Weddell Sea Abyssal Plain with two North Atlantic abyssal sites. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 54(16-17): 1727-1736.
additional source	Danovaro, R.; Gambi, M. C.; Dell'Anno, A.; Corinaldesi, C.; Fraschetti, S.; Vanreusel, A.; Vincx, M.; Gooday, A. J. (2008). Exponential decline of deep-sea ecosystem functioning linked to benthic biodiversity loss. Current Biology. 18(1): 1-8 + supplemental data: S1-S6; 1-16.
taxonomy source	Miljutin, D. M.; Miljutina, M. A. (2016). Review of Acantholaimus Allgén, 1933 (Nematoda: Chromadoridae), a genus of marine free-living nematodes, with a tabular key to species. Nematology. 18: 455-473.
ecology source	Leduc, D.; Probert, P.; Nodder, S. (2010). Influence of mesh size and core penetration on estimates of deep-sea nematode abundance, biomass, and diversity. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 57(10): 1354-1362.
ecology source	Raes, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Microhabitat type determines the composition of nematode communities associated with sediment-clogged cold-water coral framework in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic). Deep-Sea Research Part I. 53 (12): 880-1894.
ecology source	Ingels, J., K. Kiriakoulakis, G.A. Wolff & A. Vanreusel. (2009). Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 56(9): 1521-1539.
ecology source	Miljutin, D. M.; Miljutina, M. A. (2016). Review of Acantholaimus Allgén, 1933 (Nematoda: Chromadoridae), a genus of marine free-living nematodes, with a tabular key to species. Nematology. 18: 455-473.
ecology source	Dando, P. R.; Austen, M. C.; Burke, Jr. R. A.; Kendall, M. A.; Kennicutt, II M. C.; Judd, A. G.; Moore, D. C.; O'Hara, S. C. M.; Schmaljohann, R.; Southward, A. J. (1991). Ecology of a North Sea pockmark with an active methane seep. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 70: 49-63.
identification resource	Miljutin, D. M.; Miljutina, M. A. (2016). Review of Acantholaimus Allgén, 1933 (Nematoda: Chromadoridae), a genus of marine free-living nematodes, with a tabular key to species. Nematology. 18: 455-473.
biology source	De Mesel, I.; Lee, H. J.; Vanhove, S.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Species diversity and distribution within the deep-sea nematode genus Acantholaimus on the continental shelf and slope in Antarctica. Polar Biology. 29(10): 860-871.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Acantholaimus Allgén, 1933. 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:2303