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Acantholaimus elegans Jensen, 1988

Acantholaimus elegans Jensen, 1988
Acantholaimus elegans Jensen, 1988

221259  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221259)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Chromadorida (Order)
  7. Chromadorina (Suborder)
  8. Chromadoroidea (Superfamily)
  9. Chromadoridae (Family)
  10. Spilipherinae (Subfamily)
  11. Acantholaimus (Genus)
  12. Acantholaimus elegans (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
Jensen, P. (1988). Four new nematode species, abundant in the deep-sea benthos of the Norwegian Sea. Sarsia. 73: 149-155. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in Norway  
type locality contained in Norway [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Acantholaimus elegans Jensen, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221259 on 2025-04-04
Date
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2000-04-04 10:37:39Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2006-05-04 16:52:30Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-10-25 09:59:22Z
changed
Vanaverbeke, Jan
2022-11-28 21:54:53Z
changed
Saraiva De Oliveira, Jessica

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Nomenclature

original description Jensen, P. (1988). Four new nematode species, abundant in the deep-sea benthos of the Norwegian Sea. Sarsia. 73: 149-155. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Muthumbi, A. W.; Vincx, M. (1997). Acantholaimus (Chromadoridae: Nematoda) from the Indian Ocean: description of seven species. Hydrobiologia. 346: 59-76. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Manoel, A.; Esteves, A. M.; Neres, P. F. (2022). Two new species of Acantholaimus (Nematoda, Chromadoridae) from the deep southeastern Atlantic (Santos Basin). Zootaxa. 5209(2): 238-256., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5209.2.5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

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?. Marine Biodiversity. 40(3): 143-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0041-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vermeeren, H. (2002). Biogeografie van Antarctische diepzeenematoden: species turn-over in dominante genera van de familie Chromadoridae. Licentiaatsthesis UGent Faculteit Wetenschappen Academiejaar 2001-2002. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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