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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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  1. Subgenus Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) Filipjev, 1927
    1. Subgenus Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) (Corythostoma) Hope & Murphy, 1972
      1. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) (Corythostoma) filipjevi (Kreis, 1928) Wieser, 1956
      2. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) (Corythostoma) kreisi (Wieser, 1953) Wieser, 1956
      3. Species Pseudocella (Corythostoma) triaulolaimus Hope, 1967 accepted as Corythostoma triaulolaimus (Hope, 1967) Hope & Murphy, 1972 accepted as Triaulolaimus triaulolaimus (Hope, 1967) Platonova, 1979 (Transferred to genus Corythostoma by Hope & Murphy, 1972)
    2. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) acuta Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    3. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) angusticeps Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    4. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) brachychaites (Mawson, 1958) Mawson, 1958
    5. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) bursata Platonova, 1962
    6. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) coeca (Ssaweljev, 1912) Filipjev, 1927
    7. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) gracilis Platonova, 1967
    8. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) karensis Platonova, 1985
    9. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) kurilensis Platonova, 1962
    10. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) mamillifera Platonova, 1962
    11. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) minor Platonova, 1962
    12. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) panamaensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1953
    13. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) platonovae Tchesunov, 1975
    14. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) polychaites (Mawson, 1958)
    15. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) pseudocella (Filipjev, 1927) Filipjev, 1946
    16. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) raddae Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    17. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) rarisetosa Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    18. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927) Filipjev, 1946
    19. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) septentrionalis Platonova & Kulangieva, 1995
    20. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) tabarini (Inglis, 1958)
    21. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) tenuis Filipjev, 1946
    22. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) triaulolaimus Hope, 1967
    23. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927
    24. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) truncaticauda Platonova & Galtsova, 1976
    25. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) wieseri Hope, 1967
    26. Species Pseudocella conicaudata (Kreis, 1928) Gerlach & Riemann, 1974 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927) Filipjev, 1946
    27. Species Pseudocella panamaense (Allgén, 1947) accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) panamaensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1953
    28. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) cavernicola Wieser, 1954 accepted as Pseudocella cavernicola (Wieser, 1954) Filipjev, 1946 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    29. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) citronicauda Wieser, 1954 accepted as Pseudocella citronicauda (Wieser, 1954) Filipjev, 1946 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    30. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) elegans Ditlevsen, 1926 accepted as Pseudocella elegans (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    31. Species Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) obliqua (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953 accepted as Pseudocella obliqua (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  2. Species Thoracostoma amphacanthus (Grube, 1855) Bütschli, 1874
  3. Species Thoracostoma amphacanthus Grube, 1855
  4. Species Thoracostoma ancorarium Vitiello, 1975
  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 papillosum Ditlevsen, 1922
  25. Species Thoracostoma parasetosum Mawson, 1958
  26. Species Thoracostoma parvum Gagarin, 2008
  27. Species Thoracostoma penduli Allgén, 1954
  28. Species Thoracostoma philippinense Allgen, 1951
  29. Species Thoracostoma schizoepistylium Mawson, 1958
  30. Species Thoracostoma setosum (Linstow, 1896) de Man, 1904
  31. Species Thoracostoma sivertensi Allgén, 1957
  32. Species Thoracostoma steineri Micoletzky, 1922
  33. Species Thoracostoma trachygaster Hope, 1967
  34. Species Thoracostoma unifenestratum Allgén, 1959
  35. Species Thoracostoma vallini Allgén, 1959
  36. Species Thoracostoma zeae Inglis, 1964
  37. Species Thoracostoma zolae Marion, 1870
  38. Species Thoracostoma dorylaimus Marion, 1870 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  39. Subgenus Thoracostoma (Corythostoma) Wieser in Hope & Murphy, 1972 accepted as Corythostoma Hope & Murphy, 1972 (genus erected without designation of type species)
  40. Species Thoracostoma acuticaudatum Jägerskjöld, 1901 accepted as Synonchus (Jaegerskioeldia) Filipjev, 1916
  41. Species Thoracostoma anchorilobatum Allgén, 1947 accepted as Deontostoma anchorilobatum (Allgén, 1947) Platonova, 1962
  42. Species Thoracostoma antarcticum (von Linstow, 1892) accepted as Deontostoma antarcticum (von Linstow, 1892) Filipjev, 1916
  43. Species Thoracostoma arcticum Ssaveljev, 1912 accepted as Deontostoma arcticum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Filipjev, 1916
  44. Species Thoracostoma aucklandiae Ditlevsen, 1921 accepted as Deontostoma aucklandiae (Ditlevsen, 1921) Platonova, 1962
  45. Species Thoracostoma brachychaites Mawson, 1958 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) brachychaites (Mawson, 1958) Mawson, 1958
  46. Species Thoracostoma chilensis Steiner, 1921 accepted as Thoracostoma chilense Steiner, 1921 (lapsus in nomenclature)
  47. Species Thoracostoma comes Türk, 1903 accepted as Paratuerkiana comes (Türk, 1903) Platonova, 1970
  48. Species Thoracostoma conicaudatum Steiner, 1916 accepted as Phanoderma conicaudatum (Steiner, 1916) Steiner, 1921 accepted as Metaphanoderma conicaudatum (Steiner, 1916) Platonova, 1984
  49. Species Thoracostoma demani Mawson, 1956 accepted as Deontostoma demani (Mawson, 1956) Hope, 1967
  50. Species Thoracostoma denticaudatum (Schneider, 1866) accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927 (synonym)
  51. Species Thoracostoma echinodon Marion, 1870 accepted as Thoracostoma coronatum (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
  52. Species Thoracostoma elegans Ditlevsen, 1926 accepted as Pseudocella elegans (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953
  53. Species Thoracostoma elongatum Ditlevsen, 1926 accepted as Deontostoma arcticum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Filipjev, 1916
  54. Species Thoracostoma figuratum de Man, 1893 accepted as Thoracostoma coronatum (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
  55. Species Thoracostoma galatheae Wieser, 1956 accepted as Synonchoides galatheae (Wieser, 1956) Platonova, 1970
  56. Species Thoracostoma karachiense Timm, 1959 accepted as Deontostoma karachiense (Timm, 1959) Hope, 1967
  57. Species Thoracostoma kreisi (Wieser, 1953) accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) (Corythostoma) kreisi (Wieser, 1953) Wieser, 1956
  58. Species Thoracostoma lobatum Steiner, 1916 accepted as Deontostoma lobatum (Steiner, 1916) Platonova, 1962
  59. Species Thoracostoma magnificum Timm, 1951 accepted as Deontostoma magnificum (Timm, 1951) Platonova, 1962
  60. Species Thoracostoma montredonense Marion, 1870 accepted as Deontostoma montredonense (Marion, 1870) Filipjev, 1916
  61. Species Thoracostoma panamaense Allgén, 1947 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) panamaensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1953
  62. Species Thoracostoma philippinensis Allgén, 1951 accepted as Thoracostoma philippinense Allgen, 1951
  63. Species Thoracostoma polare Cobb, 1914 accepted as Deontostoma antarcticum (von Linstow, 1892) Filipjev, 1916
  64. Species Thoracostoma polychaites Mawson, 1958 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) polychaites (Mawson, 1958)
  65. Species Thoracostoma saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927) accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) saveljevi (Filipjev, 1927) Filipjev, 1946
  66. Species Thoracostoma setigerum Marion, 1870 accepted as Phanoderma setigerum (Marion, 1870) Filipjev, 1918
  67. Species Thoracostoma strasseni Türk, 1903 accepted as Tuerkiana strasseni (Türk, 1903) Platonova, 1970 (Transferred to genus Tuerkiana by Platonova, 1970)
  68. Species Thoracostoma tabarini Inglis, 1958 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) tabarini (Inglis, 1958)
  69. Species Thoracostoma trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927 accepted as Thoracostoma (Pseudocella) trichodes (Leuckart, 1849) Filipjev, 1927
  70. Species Thoracostoma vallini Allgén, 1928 accepted as Thoracostoma vallini Allgén, 1959
  71. Species Thoracostoma washingtonensis Murphy, 1965 accepted as Deontostoma washingtonense (Murphy, 1965) Hope, 1967
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. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Thoracostoma Marion, 1870. Accessed at: https://nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2547 on 2026-04-08
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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

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 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]

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 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]

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 Boury-Esnault, Nicole; Bellan, Gerard; Bellan-Santini, Denise; Boudouresque, Charles-Francois; Chevaldonné, Pierre; Dias, Alrick; Faget, Daniel; Harmelin, Jean-Georges; Harmelin-Vivien, Mireille; Lejeusne, Christophe; Perez, Thierry; Vacelet, Jean; Verlaque, Marc. (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]

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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