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Nemys taxon details

Serpinema Yeh, 1960

993531  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:993531)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Rhabditida (Order)
  7. Spirurina (Suborder)
  8. Spiruromorpha (Infraorder)
  9. Camallanoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Camallanidae (Family)
  11. Serpinema (Genus)
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  1. Species Serpinema amazonicum (Ribiero, 1941)
  2. Species Serpinema cayennense Harmoster, Svitin & Du Preez, 2019
  3. Species Serpinema emydidium (Mascarenhas & Müller, 2017) Silva, Santos, Trindade & Melo, 2026
  4. Species Serpinema intermedius (Hsü & Hoeppli, 1931) Yeh, 1960
  5. Species Serpinema kachugae (Baylis & Daubney, 1922)
  6. Species Serpinema lissemysus (Gupta & Singh, 1959)
  7. Species Serpinema magathi (Sprehn, 1932)
  8. Species Serpinema microcephalus (Dujardin, 1845)
  9. Species Serpinema monospiculatum Freitas & Dobbin, 1962
  10. Species Serpinema octorugatum (Baylis, 1933)
  11. Species Serpinema pelliculatum Silva, Jesus & Melo in Silva, Jesus, Santos, Nandyara, Willkens, Santos & Melo, 2023
  12. Species Serpinema trispinosum (Leidy, 1852)
  13. Species Serpinema amazonicus (Ribiero, 1941) accepted as Serpinema amazonicum (Ribiero, 1941) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  14. Species Serpinema cayennensis Harmoster, Svitin & Du Preez, 2019 accepted as Serpinema cayennense Harmoster, Svitin & Du Preez, 2019 (Malformed suffix)
  15. Species Serpinema monospiculatus Freitas & Dobbin, 1962 accepted as Serpinema monospiculatum Freitas & Dobbin, 1962 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  16. Species Serpinema pelliculatus Silva, Jesus & Melo in Silva, Jesus, Santos, Nandyara, Willkens, Santos & Melo, 2023 accepted as Serpinema pelliculatum Silva, Jesus & Melo in Silva, Jesus, Santos, Nandyara, Willkens, Santos & Melo, 2023 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  17. Species Serpinema trispinosus (Leidy, 1852) accepted as Serpinema trispinosum (Leidy, 1852) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
fresh, terrestrial
neuter
Not documented
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Serpinema Yeh, 1960. Accessed at: https://www.nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=993531 on 2026-04-16
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2017-05-29 10:48:36Z
created
Gibson, David
2019-12-01 02:11:25Z
changed
Nguyen Thi My, Yen
2020-03-01 13:40:05Z
changed
Gibson, David
2023-08-04 20:29:18Z
changed
Gibson, David
2024-01-08 07:01:39Z
changed
Holovachov, Oleksandr

taxonomy source Ivashkin, V.M., Sobolev, A.A., Khromova, L.A. (1971). Camallanata of animals and man and the diseases caused by them. <em>Osnovy nematodologii.</em> Volume 22, 388 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Saito, T.; Hayashi, K.; Ono, A.; Okada, R.; Takashima, Y. (2025). Molecular Characterization and Morphological Observation of “Zeylanema” Nematodes in the Digestive Tract of Fire Eels (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia) Raised in an Aquarium in Japan. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-58 [details] 

additional source Silva, L. M. O.; Santos, A. N.; Trindade, L. F. F.; Melo, F. T. V. (2026). Exploring the Diversity of Brazilian camallanids: a Checklist of the family Camallanidae (Nematoda) from Brazil with a new key to identification of the genera in the family. <em>Parasitology.</em> 1-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182026101668 [details] 

additional source Petter, A. J. (1980). Essai de classification de la sous-famille des Camallaninae (Nematoda, Camallanidae). <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section A, Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales.</em> (1979) ; 14: 991-1008.
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 
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