Up to now, twenty two nematodes species were recognized in the genus Daptonema Cobb, 1920 from mangrove, river and estuary ecosystems in Vietnam, of those, eighteen species were from Vietnam’s nematode fauna. Three species, D. dihystera Gagarin and Nguyen Vu Thanh, 2005, D.salvum Gagarin, Nguy?n Vu Thanh & Nguyen Thi Thu, 2005 and D. rigidum Gagarin, Nguy?n Vu Thanh & Nguyen Thi Thu, 2005 were found in fresh water, while other species were
distributed in the mangrove forest, estuaries and seagrass ecosystem. The distribution and taxonomic keys to the already known species of the genus Daptonema Cobb, 1920 in Vietnam was provided.