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Nemys taxon details
Desmoscolecini Shipley, 1896
AphiaID
227162
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:227162)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Nematoda
(Phylum)
Chromadorea
(Class)
Chromadoria
(Subclass)
Desmoscolecida
(Order)
Desmoscolecina
(Suborder)
Desmoscolecoidea
(Superfamily)
Desmoscolecidae
(Family)
Desmoscolecinae
(Subfamily)
Desmoscolecini
(Tribe)
Status
accepted
Rank
Tribe
Parent
Desmoscolecinae
Direct children (7)
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Genus
Desmoscolex
Claparède, 1863
Genus
Prototricoma
Timm, 1970
Genus
Spinodesmoscolex
Decraemer, 1983
Genus
Pareudesmoscolex
Weischer, 1962
accepted as
Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex)
Weischer, 1962
Genus
Prodesmoscolex
Stauffer, 1924
accepted as
Desmoscolex
Claparède, 1863
(
unaccepted
>
junior subjective synonym
)
Genus
Protodesmoscolex
Timm, 1970
accepted as
Desmoscolex
Claparède, 1863
(
unaccepted
>
junior subjective synonym
)
Genus
Protricomoides
Timm, 1970
accepted as
Desmoscolex (Protricomoides)
Timm, 1970
(
unaccepted
>
junior subjective synonym
)
Environment
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolecini Shipley, 1896. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=227162 on 2026-02-13
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basis of record
Decraemer, W. (1985). Revision and phylogenetic systematics of the Desmoscolecida. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 120, 259-283.
(look up in
IMIS
),
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00045169
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