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Desmoscolex frontalis Gerlach, 1952

153433  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153433)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Desmoscolecida (Order)
  7. Desmoscolecina (Suborder)
  8. Desmoscolecoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Desmoscolecidae (Family)
  10. Desmoscolecinae (Subfamily)
  11. Desmoscolecini (Tribe)
  12. Desmoscolex (Genus)
  13. Desmoscolex frontalis (Species)
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Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gerlach, S. A. (1952). Nematoden aus dem Küstengrundwasser. Abh. math.-naturw. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Mainz. 6: 315-372.
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex frontalis Gerlach, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153433 on 2025-04-05
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2005-04-15 10:25:19Z
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Appeltans, Ward
2010-03-24 13:56:42Z
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Vanaverbeke, Jan
2014-04-24 08:39:36Z
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Vanaverbeke, Jan
2024-09-28 07:17:04Z
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Holovachov, Oleksandr

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Nomenclature

original description Gerlach, S. A. (1952). Nematoden aus dem Küstengrundwasser. Abh. math.-naturw. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Mainz. 6: 315-372.
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record 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] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Rho, H. S.; Kim, W.; Chang, C. Y. (2007). Description of two new free‐living marine nematode species of the subgenus Desmolorenzenia (Desmoscolecida, genus Desmoscolex ) from Korea. Journal of Natural History. 41(5-8): 313-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930601176571 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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