Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863

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Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863

Desmoscolex anterior end

AphiaID

2369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2369)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Desmoscolecini Shipley, 1896

Original name

Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863

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Subgenus Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) Freudenhammer, 1975
1. Species Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) crassicaudus Timm, 1970
2. Species Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) eurycricus Filipjev, 1922
3. Species Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) frontalis Gerlach, 1952
4. Species Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) gourbaultae Decraemer, 1986
5. Species Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) vittatus Lorenzen, 1969
Subgenus Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) Claparède, 1863
1. Species Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) cosmopolites Timm, 1970
2. Species Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) italicus Timm, 1970
3. Species Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) longisetosus Timm, 1970
4. Species Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) max Timm, 1970
Subgenus Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) Weischer, 1962
1. Species Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) laciniosus Lorenzen, 1969
2. Species Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) papillosus (Schulz, 1935)
3. Species Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) pratensis Lorenzen, 1969
Species Desmoscolex abyssorum Decraemer, 1984
Species Desmoscolex adenotrichus Lorenzen, 1969
Species Desmoscolex adriaticus Schepotieff, 1907
Species Desmoscolex amaurus Lorenzen, 1972
Species Desmoscolex americanus Chitwood, 1936
Species Desmoscolex annulatus Schepotieff, 1907
Species Desmoscolex asetosus Decraemer, 1975
Species Desmoscolex balticus Lorenzen, 1971
Species Desmoscolex bathyalis Freudenhammer, 1975
Species Desmoscolex borealis Kreis, 1963
Species Desmoscolex chaetogaster Greeff, 1869
Species Desmoscolex coronatus Soetaert, 1989
Species Desmoscolex decraemerae Soetaert, 1989
Species Desmoscolex falcatus Lorenzen, 1972
Species Desmoscolex fennicus Lorenzen, 1969
Species Desmoscolex labiosus Lorenzen, 1969
Species Desmoscolex laevis Kreis, 1928
Species Desmoscolex lanuginosus Panceri, 1878
Species Desmoscolex macrophasmatus Decraemer, 1984
Species Desmoscolex membranifer Soetaert, 1989
Species Desmoscolex minor Schepotieff, 1907
Species Desmoscolex minutus Claparède, 1863
Species Desmoscolex parabyssorum Soetaert, 1989
Species Desmoscolex paralongisetosus Decraemer, 1983
Species Desmoscolex petalodes Lorenzen, 1972
Species Desmoscolex proboscis Lorenzen, 1972
Species Desmoscolex pusillus Lorenzen, 1969
Species Desmoscolex roscoffiensis Decraemer, 1979
Species Desmoscolex tenuiseta Filipjev, 1922
Species Desmoscolex vanoyei De Coninck, 1943
Species Desmoscolex variabilis Soetaert, 1989
Species Desmoscolex longisetosus Timm, 1970 accepted as Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) longisetosus Timm, 1970
Species Desmoscolex macrophasmata Decraemer, 1984 accepted as Desmoscolex macrophasmatus Decraemer, 1984 (incorrect gender agreement)
Species Desmoscolex cosmopolites Timm, 1970 represented as Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) cosmopolites Timm, 1970
Species Desmoscolex frontalis Gerlach, 1952 represented as Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) frontalis Gerlach, 1952
Species Desmoscolex gourbaultae Decraemer, 1986 represented as Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) gourbaultae Decraemer, 1986
Species Desmoscolex italicus Timm, 1970 represented as Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) italicus Timm, 1970
Species Desmoscolex max Timm, 1970 represented as Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) max Timm, 1970
Species Desmoscolex californiensis Gerlach & Riemann, 1973 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, described based on juveniles)
Species Desmoscolex nanellus (Allgén, 1939) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 89 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2369 on 2025-05-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2369 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Kihara, Terue Cristina

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Eisendle, Ursula

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original description Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 89 [details]

taxonomy source Rho, H. S.; Kim, W.; Chang, C. Y. (2007). Description of two new free‐living marine nematode species of the subgenus Desmolorenzenia (Desmoscolecida, genus Desmoscolex ) from Korea. Journal of Natural History. 41(5-8): 313-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930601176571 [details] Available for editors

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

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additional source Hwang, U. W.; Choi, E. H.; Kim, D. S.; Decraemer, W.; Chang, C. Y. (2009). Monophyly of the family Desmoscolecidae (Nematoda, Demoscolecida) and Its Phylogenetic position inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Molecules and Cells. 27(5): 515-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10059-009-0070-7 [details] Available for editors

additional source Danovaro, R.; Gambi, C.; Lampadariou, N.; Tselepides, A. (2008). Deep-sea nematode biodiversity in the Mediterranean basin: testing for longitudinal, bathymetric and energetic gradients. Ecography. 31(2): 231-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.5484.x [details] Available for editors

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additional source Vanreusel, A.; Fonseca, G.; Danovaro, R.; Da Silva, M. C.; Esteves, A. M.; Ferrero, T.; Gad, G.; Galtsova, V.; Gambi, C.; Da Fonsêca Genevois, V.; Ingels, J.; Ingole, B.; Lampadariou, N.; Merckx, B.; Miljutin, D.; Miljutina, M.; Muthumbi, A.; Netto, S.; Portnova, D.; Radziejewska, T.; Raes, M.; Tchesunov, A.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Gaever, S.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N.; Flint, H.; Copley, J.; Pape, E.; Zeppilli, D.; Martinez, P. A.; Galeron, J. (2010). The contribution of deep-sea macrohabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity. Marine Ecology. 31(1): 6-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00352.x [details] Available for editors

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additional source Vanaverbeke, J., K. Soetaert, C. Heip & A. Vanreusel. (1997). The metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic). Journal of Sea Research. 38:93-107. [details] Available for editors

additional source Verschelde, D.; Nicholas, W.; Vincx, M. (2006). A Review of the Genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): New Species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. Hydrobiologia. 571, 17-40. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Decraemer, W.; Sturhan, D. (1982). A new terrestrial desmoscolecid, Desmolorenzenia montana (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida). Nematologica. 27(4): 357-365. [details] Available for editors

additional source Buhl-Mortensen, L.; Vanreusel, A.; Gooday, A. J.; Levin, L. A.; Priede, I. G.; Buhl-Mortensen, P.; Gheerardyn, H.; King, N. J.; Raes, M. (2010). Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins. Marine Ecology. 31: 21-50. [details] Available for editors

additional source Dando, P. R.; Austen, M. C.; Burke, Jr. R. A.; Kendall, M. A.; Kennicutt, II M. C.; Judd, A. G.; Moore, D. C.; O'Hara, S. C. M.; Schmaljohann, R.; Southward, A. J. (1991). Ecology of a North Sea pockmark with an active methane seep. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 70: 49-63. [details] Available for editors

additional source Danovaro, R.; Gambi, M. C.; Dell'Anno, A.; Corinaldesi, C.; Fraschetti, S.; Vanreusel, A.; Vincx, M.; Gooday, A. J. (2008). Exponential decline of deep-sea ecosystem functioning linked to benthic biodiversity loss. Current Biology. 18(1): 1-8 + supplemental data: S1-S6; 1-16. (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.056 [details] Available for editors

additional source Decraemer, W. (1975). Scientific report on the Belgian expedition to the great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes I : Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida) from yonge reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island with general characteristics of the Genus Desmoscolex. Annales de la Société royale Zoologique de Belgique. 104, 105-130. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Fonseca, G.; Soltwedel, T.; Vanreusel, A.; Lindegarth, M. (2010). Variation in nematode assemblages over multiple spatial scales and environmental conditions in Arctic deep seas. Progress in Oceanography. 84 (3-4): 174-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.11.001 [details] Available for editors

additional source Gallucci, F.; Fonseca, G.; Soltwedel, T. (2008). Effects of megafauna exclusion on nematode assemblages at a deep-sea site. Deep-sea Research I. 55 (3): 32-349. [details] Available for editors

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ecology source Decraemer, W. (1974). Scientific report on the Belgian expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes II. Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida) from Yonge Reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island. Zoologica Scripta. 3: 167-176. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

ecology source Decraemer, W. (1975). Scientific Report on the Belgian expedition to the Great Barrier reef in 1967. Nematodes III : further study of desmoscolex - species (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida) from Yonge Reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 16: 269-284. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

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