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Nemys name details

Cylindrotheristus oxyuroides (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1931) Wieser, 1956

159546  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159546)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Monhysterida (Order)
  7. Monhysterina (Suborder)
  8. Sphaerolaimoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Xyalidae (Family)
  10. Cylindrotheristus (Genus)
  11. Cylindrotheristus oxyuroides (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
(of Monhystera oxyuroides Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1931) Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1931). Ökologische und morphologische Notizen über Zuiderseenematoden. I. Die westliche Hälfte der Zuidersee. <em>Z. Morph. Ökol. Tiere.</em> 20 (4): 613-678., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00407681 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution Recorded: North Sea; Baltic Sea; North Sea-Baltic Sea canal; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland; Avenport, Nova Scotia  
Distribution Recorded: North Sea; Baltic Sea; North Sea-Baltic Sea canal; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland; Avenport, Nova Scotia [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cylindrotheristus oxyuroides (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1931) Wieser, 1956. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159546 on 2026-04-04
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2005-05-30 08:27:04Z
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Claus, Simon
2010-02-17 14:25:35Z
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Kihara, Terue Cristina
2014-04-22 09:59:52Z
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Vanaverbeke, Jan
2022-05-29 16:57:37Z
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Venekey, Virág

original description (of Monhystera oxyuroides Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1931) Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1931). Ökologische und morphologische Notizen über Zuiderseenematoden. I. Die westliche Hälfte der Zuidersee. <em>Z. Morph. Ökol. Tiere.</em> 20 (4): 613-678., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00407681 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Hopper, B. E. (1969). Marine nematodes of Canada. II. Marine nematodes from the Minas Basin - Scots Bay area of the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. <em>Can. J. Zool.</em> 47(4): 671-690., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z69-114 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet bacteria, fungi and other nematodes [details]

Dimensions Length: male 1.02-1.10 mm, female 0.95 mm; Maximum width: male 36-39 u, female 46 u; Head: 15 u wide [details]

Distribution Recorded: North Sea; Baltic Sea; North Sea-Baltic Sea canal; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland; Avenport, Nova Scotia [details]

Habitat free-living or bottom dwelling [details]

Importance useful in determining environmental quality [details]

Reproduction separate sexes; fertilization internal, eggs may be retained until hatching. Young appear as juvenile worms (not larvae). [details]
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (4 records) 
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