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Nemys taxon details
Dorylaimellus (Dorylaimellus) imitator
Heyns, 1963 (Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992)
AphiaID
1580952
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1580952)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Nematoda
(Phylum)
Enoplea
(Class)
Dorylaimia
(Subclass)
Dorylaimida
(Order)
Dorylaimina
(Suborder)
Belondiroidea
(Superfamily)
Belondiridae
(Family)
Belondirinae
(Subfamily)
Dorylaimellus
(Genus)
Dorylaimellus (Dorylaimellus)
(Subgenus)
Dorylaimellus (Dorylaimellus) imitator
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Dorylaimellus (Dorylaimellus)
Cobb, 1913
Original name
Dorylaimellus imitator
Heyns, 1963
Synonymised names
Dorylaimellus imitator
Heyns, 1963
· unaccepted >
junior objective synonym
Environment
marine
,
brackish
,
fresh
, terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Dorylaimellus imitator
Heyns, 1963
)
Heyns, J. (1963). Notes on the genus Dorylaimellus Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda: Dorylaimoidea) with description of four new species. <em>Nematologica.</em> 9: 391-404.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1163/187529263x00944
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Taxonomic citation
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes.
Dorylaimellus (Dorylaimellus) imitator
Heyns, 1963 (Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992). Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1580952 on 2026-04-02
Taxonomic edit history
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Sources (2)
Attributes (1)
original description
(of
Dorylaimellus imitator
Heyns, 1963
)
Heyns, J. (1963). Notes on the genus Dorylaimellus Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda: Dorylaimoidea) with description of four new species. <em>Nematologica.</em> 9: 391-404.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1163/187529263x00944
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
taxonomy source
Jairajpuri, M. S.; Ahmad, W. (1992). Dorylaimida: free-living, predaceous and plant-parasitic nematodes. <em>Brill.</em> 458 pgs.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630475
[details]
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