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Sigmophoranema rufum (Cobb, 1933) Hope & Murphy, 1972

121022  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121022)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (Armenteros et al 2014: species inquirenda based on the absence of any drawing of the type species and on the relatively poor descriptions of the described specimens.)
Species
Sigmophora rufum Cobb, 1933 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
(of Sigmophora rufum Cobb, 1933) Cobb, N. A. (1933). New nemic genera and species, with taxonomic notes (Ed. by Margaret V. Cobb). Journal of Parasitology. 20(2): 81-94.
page(s): p. 92 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in North East Atlantic  
type locality contained in North East Atlantic [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Sigmophoranema rufum (Cobb, 1933) Hope & Murphy, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121022 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature

original description (of Sigmophora rufum Cobb, 1933) Cobb, N. A. (1933). New nemic genera and species, with taxonomic notes (Ed. by Margaret V. Cobb). Journal of Parasitology. 20(2): 81-94.
page(s): p. 92 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

new combination reference Hope, W. D.; Murphy, D. G. (1972). A taxonomic hierarchy and checklist of the genera and higher taxa of marine nematodes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 137: 1-101. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Ecology

ecology source Cobb, N. A. (1933). New nemic genera and species, with taxonomic notes (Ed. by Margaret V. Cobb). Journal of Parasitology. 20(2): 81-94. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Soetaert, K., M. Vincx, J. Wittoeck, M. Tulkens & D. Van Gansbeke. (1994). Spatial patterns of Westerschelde meiobenthos. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 39:367-388. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/ecss.1994.1070 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Maria, T. F.; De Troch, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Esteves, A. M.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). Use of benthic vs planktonic organic matter by sandy-beach organisms: A food tracing experiment with 13C labelled diatoms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 407(2): 309-314., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.06.028 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Boufahja, F.; Ismaïly, S.; Beyrem, H. (2015). Experimental evidence of the effects of an antimitotic agent, Colchicine, on a nematode community through a microcosm approach. Cah. Biol. Mar. 39-48., available online at http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fehmi_Boufahja/publication/270340995_Experimental_evidence_of_the_effects_of_an_antimitotic_agent_Colchicine_on_a_nematode_community_through_a_microcosm_approach/links/54a857260cf256bf8bb7e248.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology 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  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Coomans, A. V. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.]. In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium. 43-56. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vanaverbeke, J.; Gheskiere, T.; Steyaert, M.; Vincx, M. (2002). Nematode assemblages from subtidal sandbanks in the Southern Bight of the North Sea: effect of small sedimentological differences. Journal of Sea Research. 48(3): 197-207. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s1385-1101(02)00165-x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vanreusel, A. (1990). Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes from the Voordelta (Southern Bight of the North Sea). I. Species composition and structure of the nematode communities. Cah. Biol. mar. 31: 439-462. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

 
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