Nemys - Desmoscolex leptus Steiner, 1916

Nemys taxon details

Desmoscolex leptus Steiner, 1916

AphiaID

228726 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:228726)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863

Original name

Desmoscolex leptus Steiner, 1916

Environment

marine

Original description

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 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex leptus Steiner, 1916. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=228726 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2006-05-15 14:18:20Z

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2011-10-25 09:59:22Z

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Vanaverbeke, Jan

2013-01-25 12:33:02Z

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Vanaverbeke, Jan

2016-11-29 13:52:11Z

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Guilini, Katja

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original description 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 [details]

basis of record Various Authors (2000). Nematode filing cabinet of the Marine Biology Section Ugent - in combination with the NemasLan Ms-Access database (published on CD-Rom, 2000) (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Decraemer, W. (1979). Taxonomic problems within the Desmoscolecida (Nematoda). Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 9-16. [details] Available for editors

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ecology source Decraemer, W. (1975). Scientific Report on the Belgian expedition to the Great Barrier reef in 1967. Nematodes III : further study of desmoscolex - species (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida) from Yonge Reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 16: 269-284. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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identification resource Decraemer, W. (1976). The cuticular structure in Desmoscolex with description of D. spinosus sp.n. and redescription of D. michaelseni Steiner, 1916 (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida). Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 44: 123-134. [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

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