Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Desmoscolecidae Shipley, 1896

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Nemys taxon details

Desmoscolecidae Shipley, 1896

AphiaID

2173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2173)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Desmoscolecoidea Shipley, 1896

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Subfamily Desmoscolecinae
1. Tribe Desmoscolecini Shipley, 1896
  1. Genus Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863
  2. Genus Prototricoma Timm, 1970
  3. Genus Spinodesmoscolex Decraemer, 1983
  4. Genus Pareudesmoscolex Weischer, 1962 accepted as Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) Weischer, 1962
  5. Genus Prodesmoscolex Stauffer, 1924 accepted as Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Genus Protodesmoscolex Timm, 1970 accepted as Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Genus Protricomoides Timm, 1970 accepted as Desmoscolex (Protricomoides) Timm, 1970 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
2. Genus Eudesmoscolex Steiner, 1916 accepted as Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Tribe Greeffiellini Filipjev, 1929
1. Genus Calligyrus Lorenzen, 1969
2. Genus Greeffiella Cobb, 1922
3. Genus Greeffiellopsis Schrage & Gerlach, 1975
4. Genus Hapalomus Lorenzen, 1969
5. Genus Progreeffiella Timm, 1970
6. Genus Trichoderma Greeff, 1869 accepted as Greeffiella Cobb, 1922 (junior homonym of Trichoderma [Steph. 1835; Swains 1839])
Subfamily Tricominae Lorenzen, 1969
1. Genus Antarcticonema Timm, 1978
2. Genus Desmotimmia Freudenhammer, 1975
3. Genus Desmotricoma Decraemer, 1984
4. Genus Haptotricoma Lorenzen, 1977
5. Genus Odetenema Bezerra, Pape, Hauquier & Vanreusel, 2021
6. Genus Paratricoma Gerlach, 1956
7. Genus Protricoma Timm, 1970
8. Genus Quadricomoides Decraemer, 1976
9. Genus Tricoma Cobb, 1894
10. Genus Usarpnema Timm, 1978
11. Genus Demanema Timm, 1970 accepted as Tricoma Cobb, 1894
12. Genus Desmogerlachia Freudenhammer, 1975 accepted as Paratricoma Gerlach, 1956
13. Genus Neoquadricoma Kreis, 1963 accepted as Tricoma Cobb, 1894
Genus Desmolorenzenia Freudenhammer, 1975 accepted as Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) Freudenhammer, 1975
Genus Eutricoma Allgén, 1939 accepted as Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Heterodesmoscolex Stammer, 1935 accepted as Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Quadricoma Filipjev, 1922 accepted as Tricoma (Quadricoma) (Filipjev, 1922)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolecidae Shipley, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php/images/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2173 on 2025-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2010-02-16 14:13:17Z

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Kihara, Terue Cristina

2015-02-26 07:36:41Z

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2017-08-28 10:10:18Z

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Eisendle, Ursula

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taxonomy source De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653. [details]

taxonomy source Lim, H. W.; Chang, C. Y. (2005). Tricoma (Quadricoma) jindoensis, a New Species of Marine Interstitial Nematoda (Desmoscolecida: Desmoscolecidae) from Jindo Island, Korea. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, special issue. 5:61-70. [details]

taxonomy source Lim, H. W.; Lee, J. M.; Chang, C. Y. (2005). Two new marine nematodes of subgenus Quadricoma (Desmoscolecida: Desmoscolecidae: Tricoma) from Korea. Integrative biosciences. 9, A632. [details]

taxonomy source Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin. 759 pp., available online at http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/180464 [details]

basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Dinet, A., F. Grassle & V. Tunnicliffe. (1988). Premières observations sur la méiofaune des sites hydrothermaux de la dorsale Est-Pacifique (Guaymas, 21°N) et de l'Explorer Ridge. [First observations on the meiofauna of the hydrothermal sites of the East-Pacific Ridge (Guaymas, 21°N) and the Explorer Ridge.]. Oceanologica Acta. 8: 7-14. [details]

additional source Decraemer, W. (1979). Taxonomic problems within the Desmoscolecida (Nematoda). Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 9-16. [details]

additional source Timm, R. W. (1971). A Revision of the Nematode Order Desmoscolecida Filipjev, 1929. Nematologica. 17 : 494. [details]

ecology source Vanreusel, A., M. Vincx, D. Van Gansbeke & W. Gijselinck, W. (1992). Structural analysis of the meiobenthos communities of the shelf break area in two stations of the Gulf of Biscay (N.E. Atlantic). Belgian Journal of Zoology. 122(2):185-202. (look up in IMIS) [details]