Nemys - Omicronema Cobb, 1920

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Omicronema Cobb, 1920

AphiaID

2462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2462)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Xyalidae Chitwood, 1951

Direct children (9)

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Species Omicronema australis Stewart & Nicholas, 1994
Species Omicronema clavulatum Gerlach, 1957
Species Omicronema coronalata Stewart & Nicholas, 1994
Species Omicronema litorium Cobb, 1920
Species Omicronema nana Stewart & Nicholas, 1994
Species Omicronema nicholasi Leduc & Zhao, 2023
Species Omicronema orientalis Gagarin & Thanh, 2009
Species Omicronema nidrosiense Allgén, 1933 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Omicronema truncatum Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Original description

Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contributions to a science of nematology. 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Omicronema Cobb, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2462 on 2025-03-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

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Martinez, Olga

2016-11-14 12:22:40Z

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Bezerra, Tânia Nara

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Nomenclature

original description Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contributions to a science of nematology. 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644 [details]

basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]

Ecology

ecology source Raes, M.; De Troch, M.; Ndaro, S. G. M.; Muthumbi, A.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). The structuring role of microhabitat type in coral degradation zones: a case study with marine nematodes from Kenya and Zanzibar. Coral Reefs. 26 (1): 13-126. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Venekey, V.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Santos, P. J. P. (2010). Biodiversity of free-living marine nematodes on the coast of Brazil: a review. Zootaxa. 2568: 39–66. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Various Authors (2000). Nematode filing cabinet of the Marine Biology Section Ugent - in combination with the NemasLan Ms-Access database (published on CD-Rom, 2000) (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Vincx, M.; Furstenberg, J. P. (1988). Three new Xyalidae species (Nematoda) from South Africa, with a redefinition of the genus Xyala Cobb, 1920. Cah. Biol. Mar. 29: 497-512. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Guitartia tridentata n. gen., n. sp. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) and Macrodontium gaspari n. gen., n. sp. (Chromadorida: Microlaimidae), free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. Nematology. 12 (3): 417-427. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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