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Nemys taxon details
Microlaimus westindicus
(Kovalev & Miljutina, 2009) Tchesunov, 2014
AphiaID
836305
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:836305)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Nematoda
(Phylum)
Chromadorea
(Class)
Chromadoria
(Subclass)
Desmodorida
(Order)
Desmodorina
(Suborder)
Microlaimoidea
(Superfamily)
Microlaimidae
(Family)
Microlaimus
(Genus)
Microlaimus westindicus
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Microlaimus
de Man, 1880
Original name
Aponema westindicum
Kovalyev & Miljutina, 2009
Synonymised names
Aponema westindicum
Kovalyev & Miljutina, 2009
·
unaccepted
Environment
marine
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Aponema westindicum
Kovalyev & Miljutina, 2009
)
Kovalyev, S. V.; Miljutina, M. A. (2009). A review of the genus Aponema Jensen, 1978 (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) with description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2077: 56–68.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2077.1.3
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Type data
Type locality contained in
Curaçaoan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in
Curaçaoan Exclusive Economic Zone
[from synonym]
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Taxonomic citation
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes.
Microlaimus westindicus
(Kovalev & Miljutina, 2009) Tchesunov, 2014. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836305 on 2026-02-19
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2015-03-24 08:24:40Z
created
Miljutin, Dmitry
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (3)
original description
(of
Aponema westindicum
Kovalyev & Miljutina, 2009
)
Kovalyev, S. V.; Miljutina, M. A. (2009). A review of the genus Aponema Jensen, 1978 (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) with description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2077: 56–68.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2077.1.3
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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