Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Araeolaimida > Superfamily Axonolaimoidea > Family Diplopeltidae > Subfamily Diplopeltinae

Morlaixia Vincx & Gourbault, 1988

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Morlaixia obscura Vincx & Gourbault, 1988

Literature

original description	Vincx, M.; Gourbault, N. (1988). Two new species of Morlaixia gen. n. (Nematoda, Diplopeltidae) with a subterminal ventral mouth. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris. 4e sér., 10 (sect. A, nr 4):711-718.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Vincx, M.; Gourbault, N. (1992). Six new species of the genus Diplopeltula (Nematoda: Diplopeltidae) with remarks on the heterogeneity of the taxon. Hydrobiologia. 230:165-178.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Morlaixia Vincx & Gourbault, 1988. 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:2441