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

Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmolorenzenia*	Freudenhammer, 1975	synonym

Children

Desmoscolex abyssorum Decraemer, 1984
Desmoscolex adenotrichus Lorenzen, 1969
Desmoscolex adriaticus Schepotieff, 1907
Desmoscolex amaurus Lorenzen, 1972
Desmoscolex americanus Chitwood, 1936
Desmoscolex annulatus Schepotieff, 1907
Desmoscolex aquaedulcis Stammer, 1935
Desmoscolex asetosus Decraemer, 1975
Desmoscolex balticus Lorenzen, 1971
Desmoscolex bathyalis Freudenhammer, 1975
Desmoscolex borealis Kreis, 1963
Desmoscolex californiensis (Timm, 1970)
Desmoscolex chaetogaster Greeff, 1869
Desmoscolex coronatus Soetaert, 1989
Desmoscolex cosmopolites Timm, 1970
Desmoscolex decraemerae Soetaert, 1989
Desmoscolex dussarti Juget, 1969
Desmoscolex falcatus Lorenzen, 1972
Desmoscolex fennicus Lorenzen, 1969
Desmoscolex frontalis (Gerlach, 1952)
Desmoscolex gourbaultae (Decraemer, 1986)
Desmoscolex italicus Timm, 1970
Desmoscolex labiosus Lorenzen, 1969
Desmoscolex laevis Kreis, 1928
Desmoscolex lanuginosus Panceri, 1876
Desmoscolex lemani Juget, 1969
Desmoscolex longisetosus Timm, 1970
Desmoscolex macrophasmatus Decraemer, 1984
Desmoscolex max Timm, 1970
Desmoscolex membranifer Soetaert, 1989
Desmoscolex minor Schepotieff, 1907
Desmoscolex minutus Claparède, 1863
Desmoscolex nanellus (Allgén, 1939)
Desmoscolex parabyssorum Soetaert, 1989
Desmoscolex paralongisetosus Decraemer, 1983
Desmoscolex petalodes Lorenzen, 1972
Desmoscolex proboscis Lorenzen, 1972
Desmoscolex pusillus Lorenzen, 1969
Desmoscolex roscoffiensis Decraemer, 1979
Desmoscolex tenuiseta Filipjev, 1922
Desmoscolex vanoyei De Coninck, 1943
Desmoscolex variabilis Soetaert, 1989
Desmoscolex vinealis Weischer, 1962

Literature

basis of record	NemasLan. Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004)
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
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	Nomenclator Zoologicus

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
NeMys

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863. 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:2369

Dr A. M. T. (Tom) Bongers. Desmoscolex Claparede, 1863. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=225946