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Nemys taxon details
Xennella
Cobb, 1920
AphiaID
2594
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2594)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Nematoda
(Phylum)
Enoplea
(Class)
Enoplia
(Subclass)
Enoplida
(Order)
Trefusiina
(Suborder)
Trefusioidea
(Superfamily)
Xennellidae
(Family)
Xennella
(Genus)
Status
accepted
Rank
Genus
Type taxon
Xennella cephalata
Cobb, 1920
Parent
Xennellidae de Coninck, 1965
Original name
Xennella
Cobb, 1920
Synonymised names
Xenella
Cobb, 1920
·
unaccepted
(Spelling variation)
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Species
Xennella cephalata
Cobb, 1920
Species
Xennella filicaudata
Allgén, 1954
Species
Xennella metallica
Tchesunov, 1988
Species
Xennella suecica
Allgén, 1935
Species
Xennella filicauda
Allgén, 1954
accepted as
Xennella filicaudata
Allgén, 1954
(lapus?)
Environment
marine
Original description
Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes.
Xennella
Cobb, 1920. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2594 on 2026-08-30
Taxonomic edit history
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-08-11 10:59:12Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-12-07 08:05:44Z
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Dewitte, Elien
2018-09-28 13:15:57Z
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Smol, Nicole
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original description
Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644
[details]
original description
(of
Xenella
Cobb, 1920
)
Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644
[details]
basis of record
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online.
,
available online at
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about
[details]
additional source
Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
(look up in
IMIS
)
[details]
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Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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