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

Pontonema Leidy, 1855

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Convexolaimus*	Kreis, 1928	synonym
*Paroncholaimus*	Filipjev, 1916	synonym

Children

Pontonema alaeospicula Bett & Moore, 1988
Pontonema arcticum (Kreis, 1928) Cobb & Steiner, 1934
Pontonema balticum (Schulz, 1932) Cobb & Steiner, 1934
Pontonema brevicaudatoides (Menzel, 1920) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974
Pontonema ditlevseni (Schuurmans Stekhoven in Kreis, 1934) Cobb & Steiner, 1934
Pontonema donsi (Allgén, 1932) Cobb & Steiner, 1934
Pontonema filicaudatum (Kreis, 1928) Lorenzen, 1981
Pontonema macrolaimus (Southern, 1914) Filipjev, 1921
Pontonema papilliferum (Filipjev, 1916) Cobb & Steiner, 1916
Pontonema parocellatum Wieser, 1954
Pontonema parpapilliferum (Micoletzky, 1924) Cobb & Steiner, 1934
Pontonema simile (Southern, 1914) Filipjev, 1921
Pontonema teissieri (Vitiello, 1967) Lorenzen, 1981
Pontonema vulgare (Bastian, 1865) Filipjev, 1916
Pontonema zernovi (Filipjev, 1916) Cobb & Steiner, 1934

Literature

original description	Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855).
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].
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	Pastor de Ward, C. T. (1993). Nematodes marinos de la Ria Deseado (Oncholaimoidea; Oncholaimidae), Santa Cruz, Argentina.IX. Physis, Secc. A. 48 (114 - 115): 29 - 40.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr.; Mawson, P. M. (1955). On some free-living marine nematodes from Kerguelen Island. J. Helminth. 29 (1-2): 87-104.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Pontonema Leidy, 1855. 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:2581