Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Oncholaimina > Superfamily Oncholaimoidea > Family Enchelidiidae

Belbolla Andrássy, 1973

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bolbella*	Cobb, 1920	synonym
*Bolbellia*	Gerlach & Riemann, 1974	synonym

Children

Belbolla asupplementata (Juario, 1974) Andrássy, 1973
Belbolla gallanachmorae (Inglis, 1961) Andrássy, 1973
Belbolla teissieri (Luc & De Coninck, 1959) Andrássy, 1973

Literature

original description	Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contributions to a science of nematology. 9: 217-343.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Da Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Smol, N.; Decraemer, W.; Venekey, V. (2009). Bernardius lineatus gen. n., sp. n. (Enoplida: Enchelidiidae), a remarkable nematode with ornamented cuticle from a Brazilian tropical sandy beach. Nematology. 11(2): 275-287.
additional source	Da Rocha, C. M. C.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N. C.; Souza, R. B. (2006). Phytal marine nematode assemblages and their relation with the macrophytes structural complexity in a Brazilian tropical rocky beach. Hydrobiologia. 553:219-230.
additional source	Jensen, P. (1986). The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. IV. Ecological aspects. Marine Biology. 92: 489-503.
additional source	Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2004). A new genus and three new species of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. China Cah. Biol. Mar. 45: 343-354.
additional source	Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2005). Three new species of the genus Belbolla (Nematoda: Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. Journal of Natural History. 39(20): 1689–1703.
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].
taxonomy source	Andrássy, I. (1973). Über vier homonyme Nematodengattungen. Nematologica. 19 (3): 403-404.
identification resource	Zhu, H.; Guo, Y.; Zhou, H.; Shih, Y.-J.; Li, F.; Lee, F. W. F.; Xu, S. J.; Tam, N. F. Y. (2023). A New Species of Free-Living Nematode (Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Mangrove Wetlands of China. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(7): 1412.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Belbolla Andrássy, 1973. 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:2556