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Nemys taxon details
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) platycricus
Steiner, 1916
AphiaID
1296258
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1296258)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Nematoda
(Phylum)
Chromadorea
(Class)
Chromadoria
(Subclass)
Desmoscolecida
(Order)
Desmoscolecina
(Suborder)
Desmoscolecoidea
(Superfamily)
Desmoscolecidae
(Family)
Desmoscolecinae
(Subfamily)
Desmoscolecini
(Tribe)
Desmoscolex
(Genus)
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia)
(Subgenus)
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) platycricus
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia)
Freudenhammer, 1975
Original name
Desmoscolex platycricus
Steiner, 1916
Synonymised names
Desmolorenzenia platycricus
(Steiner, 1916) Freudenhammer, 1975
· unaccepted >
superseded combination
Desmoscolex platycricus
Steiner, 1916
·
alternative representation
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Desmoscolex platycricus
Steiner, 1916
)
Steiner, G. (1916). Neue und wenig bekannte Nematoden von der Westkuste Afrikas. Zoologischen Anzeiger, 47(11): 322-350.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/29826
page(s): 331-332
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes.
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) platycricus
Steiner, 1916. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1296258 on 2025-06-14
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2018-09-07 07:28:42Z
created
Decraemer, Wilfrida
2024-09-28 07:17:04Z
changed
Holovachov, Oleksandr
[taxonomic tree]
Sources (1)
Attributes (3)
Images (2)
original description
(of
Desmoscolex platycricus
Steiner, 1916
)
Steiner, G. (1916). Neue und wenig bekannte Nematoden von der Westkuste Afrikas. Zoologischen Anzeiger, 47(11): 322-350.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/29826
page(s): 331-332
[details]
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