Nemys - Demonema rapax Cobb, 1894

WoRMS taxon details

Demonema rapax Cobb, 1894

AphiaID

120931 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120931)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Demonema Cobb, 1894

Original name

Demonema rapax Cobb, 1894

Synonymised names

Dignathonema mirabile Allgen, 1951 · unaccepted (see Gerlach (1964))

Selachinema ferox Cobb, 1915 · unaccepted (see Gerlach (1964))

Selachinema xarifae Gerlach, 1958 · unaccepted (see Gerlach (1964))

Environment

marine

Original description

Cobb, N. A. (1894). Tricoma and other nematode genera. The proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series). Vol. VIII, 389-421 -With 28 plates. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Demonema rapax Cobb, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120931 on 2025-04-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Vincx, Magda

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Nomenclature

original description Cobb, N. A. (1894). Tricoma and other nematode genera. The proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series). Vol. VIII, 389-421 -With 28 plates. [details]

original description (of Selachinema ferox Cobb, 1915) Cobb, N. A. (1915). Selachinema, a new nematode genus with remarkable mandibles. Contrib. to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore). 4: 113-116. [details]

original description (of Dignathonema mirabile Allgen, 1951) Allgén, C. A. (1951). Pacific Freeliving Marine Nematodes. (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXVI). Vidensk. Meddr. fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 113: 263-411. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Selachinema xarifae Gerlach, 1958) Gerlach, S. A. (1958). Freilebende Nematoden von den Korallenriffen des Roten Meeres. Kieler Meeresforsch. 14: 241-246. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. 161-174., available online at https://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?refid=26605 [details]

Other

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]