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Nemys taxon details
Hexamermis albicans
(von Siebold, 1848) Steiner, 1924
AphiaID
1722400
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1722400)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Nematoda
(Phylum)
Enoplea
(Class)
Dorylaimia
(Subclass)
Mermithida
(Order)
Mermithina
(Suborder)
Mermithoidea
(Superfamily)
Mermithidae
(Family)
Agamermithinae
(Subfamily)
Agamermithini
(Tribe)
Hexamermis
(Genus)
Hexamermis albicans
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Hexamermis
Steiner, 1924
Original name
Mermis albicans
von Siebold, 1848
Synonymised names
Filaria succinae
Diesing, 1851
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Filaria truncata
Rudolphi, 1809
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Hexamermis cornuta
Rubzov & Koval, 1975 nec Gleiss, 1955
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Hexamermis elongata
Kaiser, 1977
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Hexamermis lineata
Kaiser, 1977
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Hexamermis meridionalis
Steiner, 1924
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Hexamermis pussardi
(Baylis, 1933)
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Hexamermis tomalensis
Baylis, 1933
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Mermis albicans
von Siebold, 1848
· unaccepted >
superseded combination
Mermis pussardi
Baylis, 1933
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Mermis succinae
(Diesing, 1851) Assmuss, 1865
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Mermis truncata
(Rudolphi, 1809)
· unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Ovomermis albicans
(von Siebold, 1848) Rubzov, 1976
· unaccepted >
superseded combination
Environment
marine
,
brackish
, fresh
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes.
Hexamermis albicans
(von Siebold, 1848) Steiner, 1924. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php/10.3390/10.3390/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1722400 on 2025-10-06
Taxonomic edit history
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Holovachov, Oleksandr
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Sources (0)
Documented distribution (15)
Attributes (4)
Links (2)
Not documented
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Definitions
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hexamermis albicans)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
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