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Aponema torosum (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978

584245  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:584245)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Desmodorida (Order)
  7. Desmodorina (Suborder)
  8. Microlaimoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Microlaimidae (Family)
  10. Aponema (Genus)
  11. Aponema torosum (Species)
accepted
Species
Microlaimus torosus Lorenzen, 1973 · unaccepted (see Jensen 1978)
marine
recent only
(of Aponema torosus (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978) Lorenzen, S. (1973). Freilebende Meersenematoden aus dem Sublitoral der Nordsee und der Kieler Bucht. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 14: 103-130. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Microlaimus torosus Lorenzen, 1973) Lorenzen, S. (1973). Freilebende Meersenematoden aus dem Sublitoral der Nordsee und der Kieler Bucht. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 14: 103-130. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in Helgoland  
type locality contained in Helgoland [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Aponema torosum (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584245 on 2025-04-07
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2011-10-24 13:56:25Z
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Vanaverbeke, Jan
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2013-05-14 05:52:37Z
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2015-03-24 08:24:40Z
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Miljutin, Dmitry
2016-07-05 08:41:47Z
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Miljutin, Dmitry

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Nomenclature

original description (of Aponema torosus (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978) Lorenzen, S. (1973). Freilebende Meersenematoden aus dem Sublitoral der Nordsee und der Kieler Bucht. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 14: 103-130. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Microlaimus torosus Lorenzen, 1973) Lorenzen, S. (1973). Freilebende Meersenematoden aus dem Sublitoral der Nordsee und der Kieler Bucht. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 14: 103-130. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference Jensen, P. (1978). Revision of Microlaimidae, Erection of Molgolaimidae fam.n., and Remarks on the Systematic Position of Paramicrolaimus (Nematoda, Desmodorida). Zoologica Scripta. 7(1-4): 159-173., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00599.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Kovalyev, S. V.; Miljutina, M. A. (2009). A review of the genus Aponema Jensen, 1978 (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) with description of three new species. Zootaxa. 2077: 56–68. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pastor de Ward, C. T. (1980). Aponema papillatum sp.nov., a new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Ria Deseado (Santa Cruz, Argentina). [Aponema papillatum sp. nov., nueva especie de nematode marino de puerto deseado, (Santa Cruz, Argentina)]. Centro de Investigacion de Biologia Marina Contribucion Cientifica. 160: 1-11. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Semprucci, F. & Balsamo, M. (2015). Checklist of free–living nematode species in the transitional environment of Lake Varano (Southern Italy). Arxius de Miscellània Zoològica. 13: 32–46., available online at https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2015.13.0032 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Leduc, D.; Fu, S.; Zhao, Z. Q. (2019). New nematode species from the continental slope of New Zealand (Chromadorea, Microlaimida, and Chromadorida), and unexpected placement of the genus Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921. Marine Biodiversity. 49(5): 2267-2280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00961-z [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Original description (NemasLan) Document hosted within WoRMS  Note: species description of Aponema torosus taken from: Platt, H. M. & Warwick, R. M., 1988. Free living marine nematodes. Part II: British Chromadorids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). No. 38... (from synonym Aponema torosus (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aponema torosum) 
To Genbank (from synonym Microlaimus torosus Lorenzen, 1973)
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To PESI (from synonym Aponema torosus (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978)
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Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)
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Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)
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Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)
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Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)
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Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)
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Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)
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Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)
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Nematode file-library of the Marine Biology Section (Ghent University, Belgium)
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