Nemys - Molgolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Shi & Xu, 2017

Nemys taxon details

Molgolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Shi & Xu, 2017

AphiaID

1391400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1391400)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921

Original name

Microlaimus spirifer Warwick, 1970

Synonymised names

Calomicrolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Jensen, 1978 · unaccepted

Microlaimus spirifer Warwick, 1970 · unaccepted (see Shi & Xu (2017))

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Microlaimus spirifer Warwick, 1970) Warwick, R. M. (1970). Fourteen new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Exe estuary. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.). 19 (4): 137-177. [details] Available for editors

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(of Calomicrolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Jensen, 1978) Warwick, R. M. (1970). Fourteen new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Exe estuary. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.). 19 (4): 137-177.
note: It was initially described as Microlaimus spirifer [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Type locality contained in English Channel

type locality contained in English Channel [from synonym] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Molgolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Shi & Xu, 2017. Accessed at: https://www.nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391400 on 2025-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-12-02 19:16:44Z

created

Leduc, Daniel

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original description (of Microlaimus spirifer Warwick, 1970) Warwick, R. M. (1970). Fourteen new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Exe estuary. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.). 19 (4): 137-177. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Calomicrolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Jensen, 1978) Warwick, R. M. (1970). Fourteen new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Exe estuary. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.). 19 (4): 137-177.
note: It was initially described as Microlaimus spirifer [details] Available for editors

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additional source Leduc, D.; Fu, S.; Zhao, Z. Q. (2019). New nematode species from the continental slope of New Zealand (Chromadorea, Microlaimida, and Chromadorida), and unexpected placement of the genus Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921. Marine Biodiversity. 49(5): 2267-2280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00961-z [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Original description (NemasLan)

Note: species description of Calomicrolaimus spirifer taken from: Jensen, P., 1978. Revision of Microlaimidae, Erection of Molgolaimidae fam. n., and Remarks on the Systematic Position of Paramicrolaimus (... (from synonym Calomicrolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Jensen, 1978)
Original description (NemasLan)

Note: species description of Calomicrolaimus spirifer taken from: Platt, H. M. & Warwick, R. M., 1988. Free living marine nematodes. Part II: British Chromadorids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series... (from synonym Calomicrolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Jensen, 1978)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Microlaimus spirifer Warwick, 1970)
To PESI (from synonym Microlaimus spirifer Warwick, 1970)
To PESI (from synonym Calomicrolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Jensen, 1978)

From editor or global species database

Image from synonym