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Nemys taxon details

Thoracostoma Marion, 1870

2547 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2547)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Enoplea (Class)
  5. Enoplia (Subclass)
  6. Enoplida (Order)
  7. Ironina (Suborder)
  8. Ironoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Leptosomatidae (Family)
  10. Thoracostomatinae (Subfamily)
  11. Thoracostoma (Genus)
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Thoracostomatinae De Coninck, 1965

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  1. Subgenus Thoracostoma (Corythostoma) Hope & Murphy, 1972
    1. Species Thoracostoma (Corythostoma) filipjevi (Kreis, 1928) Wieser, 1956
    2. Species Thoracostoma (Corythostoma) kreisi (Wieser, 1953) Wieser, 1956
  2. Subgenus Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) Filipjev, 1927
    1. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) acuta Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    2. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) angusticeps Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    3. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) bursata Platonova, 1962
    4. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) coeca (Ssaweljev, 1912) Filipjev, 1927
    5. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) gracilis Platonova, 1967
    6. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) karensis Platonova, 1985
    7. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) kurilensis Platonova, 1962
    8. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) mamillifera Platonova, 1962
    9. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) minor Platonova, 1962
    10. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) platonovae Tchesunov, 1975
    11. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) pseudocella (Filipjev, 1927) Filipjev, 1946
    12. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) raddae Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    13. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) rarisetosa Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    14. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) septentrionalis Platonova & Kulangieva, 1995
    15. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) tenuis Filipjev, 1946
    16. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) triaulolaimus Hope, 1967
    17. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927
    18. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) truncaticauda Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    19. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) wieseri Hope, 1967
    20. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) brachychaites Mawson, 1958 accepted as Pseudocella brachychaites (Mawson, 1958) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974 (unaccepted > superseded combination, raised to genus level)
    21. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) cavernicola Wieser, 1954 accepted as Pseudocella cavernicola (Wieser, 1954) Filipjev, 1946 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    22. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) citronicauda Wieser, 1954 accepted as Pseudocella citronicauda (Wieser, 1954) Filipjev, 1946 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    23. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) conicaudata (Kreis, 1928) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) saveljevi Filipjev, 1927 accepted as Pseudocella saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927)
    24. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) elegans Ditlevsen, 1926 accepted as Pseudocella elegans (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    25. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) obliqua (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953 accepted as Pseudocella obliqua (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    26. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) panamaense (Allgén, 1947) accepted as Pseudocella panamaensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1953
    27. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) panamaensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1953 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) panamaense (Allgén, 1947) accepted as Pseudocella panamaensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1953 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    28. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) polychaites (Mawson, 1958) accepted as Pseudocella polychaites (Mawson, 1958) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    29. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) saveljevi Filipjev, 1927 accepted as Pseudocella saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    30. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) tabarini Inglis, 1958 accepted as Pseudocella tabarini (Inglis, 1958) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  3. Species Thoracostoma amphacanthus (Grube, 1855) Bütschli, 1874
  4. Species Thoracostoma amphacanthus Grube, 1855
  5. Species Thoracostoma angustifissulatum Mawson, 1956
  6. Species Thoracostoma anocellatum Schuurmans Stekhoven & Mawson, 1955
  7. Species Thoracostoma australe Mawson, 1953
  8. Species Thoracostoma brachylobatum Allgén, 1954
  9. Species Thoracostoma bruuni Wieser, 1956
  10. Species Thoracostoma campbelli Ditlevsen, 1921
  11. Species Thoracostoma chilense Steiner, 1921
  12. Species Thoracostoma coecum Ssaweljev, 1912
  13. Species Thoracostoma coronatum (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
  14. Species Thoracostoma crassidermum Allgén, 1947
  15. Species Thoracostoma falklandiae Allgén, 1959
  16. Species Thoracostoma filiformis (Eberth, 1863) Filipjev, 1921
  17. Species Thoracostoma hispanicum Platonova, 1970
  18. Species Thoracostoma jae Inglis, 1964
  19. Species Thoracostoma jollaense Allgén, 1947
  20. Species Thoracostoma macrochaetum Allgén, 1957
  21. Species Thoracostoma microfenestratum Allgén, 1959
  22. Species Thoracostoma microlobatum Allgén, 1947
  23. Species Thoracostoma multipapillosum Allgén, 1957
  24. Species Thoracostoma pacificum Murphy, 1965
  25. Species Thoracostoma papillosum Ditlevsen, 1922
  26. Species Thoracostoma parasetosum Mawson, 1958
  27. Species Thoracostoma parvum Gagarin, 2008
  28. Species Thoracostoma penduli Allgén, 1954
  29. Species Thoracostoma philippinense Allgen, 1951
  30. Species Thoracostoma schizoepistylium Mawson, 1958
  31. Species Thoracostoma setosum (Linstow, 1896) de Man, 1904
  32. Species Thoracostoma sivertensi Allgén, 1957
  33. Species Thoracostoma steineri Micoletzky, 1922
  34. Species Thoracostoma trachygaster Hope, 1967
  35. Species Thoracostoma unifenestratum Allgén, 1959
  36. Species Thoracostoma vallini Allgén, 1959
  37. Species Thoracostoma zeae Inglis, 1964
  38. Species Thoracostoma zolae Marion, 1870
  39. Species Thoracostoma dorylaimus Marion, 1870 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  40. Subgenus Thoracostoma (Corythostoma) Wieser, 1956 accepted as Pseudocella (Corythostoma) (Wieser, 1956) Hope, 1967 accepted as Corythostoma Wieser, 1956 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Subgenus Thoracostoma (Synonchoides) Wieser, 1956 accepted as Pseudocella (Synonchoides) (Wieser, 1956) Hope, 1967 accepted as Synonchoides Wieser, 1956 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  42. Species Thoracostoma acuticaudatum Jägerskjöld, 1901 accepted as Synonchus (Jaegerskioeldia) Filipjev, 1927
  43. Species Thoracostoma anchorilobatum Allgén, 1947 accepted as Deontostoma anchorilobatum (Allgén, 1947) Platonova, 1962 accepted as Deontostoma arcticum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Filipjev, 1916
  44. Species Thoracostoma ancorarium Vitiello, 1975 accepted as Deontostoma ancorarium (Vitiello, 1975) Pastor de Ward, 1995 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Thoracostoma angustifistulatum Mawson, 1956 accepted as Deontostoma augustifissulatum (Mawson, 1956) Hope, 1974 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Thoracostoma antarcticum (von Linstow, 1892) accepted as Deontostoma antarcticum (von Linstow, 1892) Filipjev, 1916
  47. Species Thoracostoma arcticum Ssaveljev, 1912 accepted as Deontostoma arcticum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Filipjev, 1916
  48. Species Thoracostoma aucklandiae Ditlevsen, 1921 accepted as Deontostoma aucklandiae (Ditlevsen, 1921) Platonova, 1962
  49. Species Thoracostoma brachychaites Mawson, 1958 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) brachychaites Mawson, 1958 accepted as Pseudocella brachychaites (Mawson, 1958) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974
  50. Species Thoracostoma chilensis Steiner, 1921 accepted as Thoracostoma chilense Steiner, 1921 (lapsus in nomenclature)
  51. Species Thoracostoma comes Türk, 1903 accepted as Paratuerkiana comes (Türk, 1903) Platonova, 1970
  52. Species Thoracostoma conicaudatum Steiner, 1916 accepted as Phanoderma conicaudatum (Steiner, 1916) Steiner, 1921 accepted as Metaphanoderma conicaudatum (Steiner, 1916) Platonova, 1984
  53. Species Thoracostoma demani Mawson, 1956 accepted as Deontostoma demani (Mawson, 1956) Hope, 1967
  54. Species Thoracostoma denticaudatum (Schneider, 1866) accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927 (synonym)
  55. Species Thoracostoma echinodon Marion, 1870 accepted as Thoracostoma coronatum (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
  56. Species Thoracostoma elegans Ditlevsen, 1926 accepted as Pseudocella elegans (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953
  57. Species Thoracostoma elongatum Ditlevsen, 1926 accepted as Deontostoma arcticum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Filipjev, 1916
  58. Species Thoracostoma figuratum de Man, 1893 accepted as Thoracostoma coronatum (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
  59. Species Thoracostoma galatheae Wieser, 1956 accepted as Synonchoides galatheae (Wieser, 1956) Platonova, 1970
  60. Species Thoracostoma karachiense Timm, 1959 accepted as Deontostoma karachiense (Timm, 1959) Hope, 1967
  61. Species Thoracostoma kreisi (Wieser, 1953) accepted as Thoracostoma (Corythostoma) kreisi (Wieser, 1953) Wieser, 1956
  62. Species Thoracostoma lobatum Steiner, 1916 accepted as Deontostoma lobatum (Steiner, 1916) Platonova, 1962
  63. Species Thoracostoma magnificum Timm, 1951 accepted as Deontostoma magnificum (Timm, 1951) Platonova, 1962
  64. Species Thoracostoma montredonense Marion, 1870 accepted as Deontostoma montredonense (Marion, 1870) Filipjev, 1916
  65. Species Thoracostoma obliqua Ditlevsen, 1926 accepted as Pseudocella obliqua (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Species Thoracostoma panamaense Allgén, 1947 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) panamaensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1953 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) panamaense (Allgén, 1947) accepted as Pseudocella panamaensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1953
  67. Species Thoracostoma philippinensis Allgén, 1951 accepted as Thoracostoma philippinense Allgen, 1951
  68. Species Thoracostoma polare Cobb, 1914 accepted as Deontostoma antarcticum (von Linstow, 1892) Filipjev, 1916
  69. Species Thoracostoma polychaites Mawson, 1958 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) polychaites (Mawson, 1958) accepted as Pseudocella polychaites (Mawson, 1958) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974
  70. Species Thoracostoma schneideri Bütschli, 1874 accepted as Pseudocella trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  71. Species Thoracostoma setigerum Marion, 1870 accepted as Phanoderma setigerum (Marion, 1870) Filipjev, 1918
  72. Species Thoracostoma strasseni Türk, 1903 accepted as Tuerkiana strasseni (Türk, 1903) Platonova, 1970 (Transferred to genus Tuerkiana by Platonova, 1970)
  73. Species Thoracostoma tabarini Inglis, 1958 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) tabarini Inglis, 1958 accepted as Pseudocella tabarini (Inglis, 1958)
  74. Species Thoracostoma trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927
  75. Species Thoracostoma vallini Allgén, 1928 accepted as Thoracostoma vallini Allgén, 1959
  76. Species Thoracostoma washingtonensis Murphy, 1965 accepted as Deontostoma washingtonense (Murphy, 1965) Hope, 1967
  77. Species Thoracostoma saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927) represented as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) saveljevi Filipjev, 1927 accepted as Pseudocella saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927)
marine
Marion, A.-F. (1870). Recherches Zoologiques et Anatomiques sur des Nématoides non Parasites, Marins. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles.</em> 13 (14): 1-102, + Plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11764206
page(s): 10 & 25 [details] OpenAccess publication
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Thoracostoma Marion, 1870. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2547 on 2026-09-30
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original description Marion, A.-F. (1870). Recherches Zoologiques et Anatomiques sur des Nématoides non Parasites, Marins. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles.</em> 13 (14): 1-102, + Plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11764206
page(s): 10 & 25 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Bütschli, O. (1874). Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Nematoden, insbesondere der des Kieler Hafens. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 9: 1-56.
page(s): 41 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Hope, W. D. (1967). Free-living marine nematodes of the genera Pseudocella Filipjev, 1927, Thoracostoma Marion, 1870, and Deontostoma Filipjev, 1916 (Nematoda: Leptosomatidae) from the West Coast of North America. <em>Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc.</em> 86 (3): 307-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3224598 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Platonova, T. A. (1962). New Nematode species of the genus Pseudocella from the Kurile Islands and from South Sachalin [Novye vidy nematod rody Pseudocella Filipjev s Kuril'skikh ostrovov i iuzhnogo Sakhalina] (in Russian). <em>Studies of the Far Eastern Seas of the USSR (Issledovaniia Dal'nevostochnykh morei SSSR).</em> 8: 200-218.
page(s): 203; note: Revision genus [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Platonova, T. A. (1970). On the Taxonomy of the Leptosomatidae (Nematoda) of the Mediterranean Sea and of the Adjacent Waters of the Atlantic [O sistematike Leptosomatidae (Nematoda) Sredizemnogo Morya i prilezhashchikh vod Atlantiki]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 49(9): 1298-1305. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 4; note: Subgenera Synonchoides & Corythostoma raised to genus level [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Wieser, W. (1953). Reports of the Lund University Chile expedition 1948-1949: 1. Enoploidea. <em>Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, N. F.</em> 49(6): 1-155. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 23-26; note: Revision genus [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Wieser, W. (1956). Some free-living marine nematodes. <em>Galathea, Rep.2.</em> 243-253.
page(s): 243-244; note: Revision genus [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

additional source Allgén, C. A. (1947). West American Marine Nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXV). <em>Vidensk. Medd. fra Dansk naturh. Foren.</em> 110: 65-219. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Da Rocha, C. M. C.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N. C.; Souza, R. B. (2006). Phytal marine nematode assemblages and their relation with the macrophytes structural complexity in a Brazilian tropical rocky beach. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 553:219-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-0923-9 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Derycke, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Rigaux, A.; Backeljau, T.; Moens, T. (2010). Exploring the Use of Cytochrome Oxidase c Subunit 1 (COI) for DNA Barcoding of Free-Living Marine Nematodes. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 5(10): e13716., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013716 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Miljutin, D. M.; Gad, G.; Miljutina, M. M.; Mokievsky, V. O.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Esteves, A. M. (2010). The state of knowledge on deep-sea nematode taxonomy: how many valid species are known down there?. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 40(3): 143-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0041-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Timm, R. W. (1953). Observations on the Morphology and Histological Anatomy of a Marine Nematode, Leptosomatum acephalatum Chitwood, 1936, New Combination (Enoplidae : Leptosomatinae). <em>Am. Midl. Nat.</em> 49 (1): 229-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2422290 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2568: 39–66., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Fonsêca-Genevois, V.da., P.J. Somerfield, M.H. Baeta-Neves, R. Coutinho & T. Moens. (2006). Colonization and early succession on artificial hard substrata by meiofauna. Marine Biology 148(5):1039-1050., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0145-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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