Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Plectida > Suborder Plectina > Superfamily Leptolaimoidea > Family Leptolaimidae > Subfamily Leptolaiminae

Manunema Gerlach, 1957

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peresiana*	Vitiello & De Coninck, 1968	synonym

Children

Manunema annulatum (Vitiello & De Coninck, 1968)
Manunema proboscidis Gerlach, 1957

Literature

original description	Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Die Nematodenfauna des Sandstrandes an der Küste von Mittelbrasilien (Brasilianische Meerse-Nematoden IV). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 33 (2): 411-459.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
identification resource	Jeong, R.; Tchesunov, A. V. (2023). Phylogenetic Position of the Genus Manunema (Nematoda, Plectida, Leptolaimidae). Diversity. 15(8): 914.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Manunema Gerlach, 1957. 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:2410