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Epacanthion Wieser, 1953

Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)

2514  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2514)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Enoplea (Class)
  5. Enoplia (Subclass)
  6. Enoplida (Order)
  7. Enoplina (Suborder)
  8. Enoploidea (Superfamily)
  9. Thoracostomopsidae (Family)
  10. Enoplolaiminae (Subfamily)
  11. Epacanthion (Genus)
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  1. Species Epacanthion agubernaculus Guilherme, da Silva & Morgado Esteves, 2009
  2. Species Epacanthion ampullatum Lo Russo, Villares, Martelli, Pastor De Ward & Harguinteguy, 2012
  3. Species Epacanthion bicuspidatum Lo Russo, Villares, Martelli, Pastor De Ward & Harguinteguy, 2012
  4. Species Epacanthion brevispiculosum Mawson, 1958
  5. Species Epacanthion brevispiculum Mawson, 1956
  6. Species Epacanthion buetschlii (Southern, 1914) Wieser, 1953
  7. Species Epacanthion crassum (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953
  8. Species Epacanthion durapelle (Kreis, 1929) Wieser, 1953
  9. Species Epacanthion enoploidiforme (Gerlach, 1953) Warwick, 1970
  10. Species Epacanthion exploratoris Greenslade & Nicholas, 1991
  11. Species Epacanthion fasciculatum Shi & Xu, 2016
  12. Species Epacanthion filicaudatum Mawson, 1956
  13. Species Epacanthion flagellicauda Gerlach, 1956
  14. Species Epacanthion galeatum Boucher, 1977
  15. Species Epacanthion georgei Inglis, 1971
  16. Species Epacanthion gorgonocephalum Warwick, 1970
  17. Species Epacanthion hirsutum Shi & Xu, 2016
  18. Species Epacanthion incurvatum (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953
  19. Species Epacanthion longicaudatum Shi & Xu, 2016
  20. Species Epacanthion macrolaimus Gagarin, 2009
  21. Species Epacanthion mawsoni Warwick, 1977
  22. Species Epacanthion microdentatum Wieser, 1953
  23. Species Epacanthion multipapillatum (Wieser, 1959) Inglis, 1966
  24. Species Epacanthion murmanicum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Inglis, 1966
  25. Species Epacanthion nadjae Sergeeva, 1974
  26. Species Epacanthion oliffi Inglis, 1966
  27. Species Epacanthion oweni Keppner, 1986
  28. Species Epacanthion pellucidum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Inglis, 1966
  29. Species Epacanthion polysetosum (Jensen, 1986) Greenslade & Nicholas, 1991
  30. Species Epacanthion quadridiscus Shimada, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2009
  31. Species Epacanthion saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927) Greenslade & Nicholas, 1991
  32. Species Epacanthion sparsisetae Shi & Xu, 2016
  33. Species Epacanthion stekhoveni Greenslade & Nicholas, 1991
  34. Species Epacanthion bütschlii (Southern, 1914) accepted as Epacanthion buetschlii (Southern, 1914) Wieser, 1953 (lapsus)
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Wieser, W. (1953). Reports of the Lund University Chile expedition 1948-1949: 1. Enoploidea. <em>Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, N. F.</em> 49(6): 1-155. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Epacanthion Wieser, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2514 on 2025-07-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-09-11 06:44:08Z
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Kihara, Terue Cristina
2019-01-24 13:29:21Z
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Smol, Nicole

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Nomenclature

original description Wieser, W. (1953). Reports of the Lund University Chile expedition 1948-1949: 1. Enoploidea. <em>Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, N. F.</em> 49(6): 1-155. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Greenslade P. & Nicholas W.L. (1991). Some Thoracostomopsidae (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Australia, including Descriptions of Two New Genera and Diagnostic Keys. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 4, 1031-1052.
note: with key to species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Ecology

ecology source Raes, M.; De Troch, M.; Ndaro, S. G. M.; Muthumbi, A.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). The structuring role of microhabitat type in coral degradation zones: a case study with marine nematodes from Kenya and Zanzibar. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 26 (1): 13-126. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

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) (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2568: 39–66. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Greenslade P. & Nicholas W.L. (1991). Some Thoracostomopsidae (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Australia, including Descriptions of Two New Genera and Diagnostic Keys. <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 4, 1031-1052.
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 553:219-230. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Guilherme, B.C.; Da Silva M.C.; Esteves, A.M. (2009). Description of a new species of Epacanthion (Thoracostomopsidae, Nematoda) from Brazil and a modified key for species identification. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2096: 99-108. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Miljutin, D. M.; Gad, G.; Miljutina, M. M.; Mokievsky, V. O.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Esteves, A. M. (2010). The state of knowledge on deep-sea nematode taxonomy: how many valid species are known down there?. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 40(3): 143-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0041-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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