WoRMS taxon details
Chromaspirina Filipjev, 1918
2345 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2345)
accepted
Genus
Mesodorus Cobb, 1920 · unaccepted
- Species Chromaspirina aliapapillata Revkova & Revkov, 2022
- Species Chromaspirina chabaudi Boucher, 1975
- Species Chromaspirina crinita Gerlach, 1952
- Species Chromaspirina cylindricollis (Cobb, 1920) Filipjev in Kreis, 1926
- Species Chromaspirina dubia Inglis, 1968
- Species Chromaspirina gerlachi Blome, 1982
- Species Chromaspirina indica Gerlach, 1963
- Species Chromaspirina inglisi Warwick, 1970
- Species Chromaspirina lunatica Gerlach, 1965
- Species Chromaspirina madagascariensis Gerlach, 1953
- Species Chromaspirina modesta Bussau, 1993
- Species Chromaspirina multipapillata Jayasree & Warwick, 1977
- Species Chromaspirina parapontica Luc & De Coninck, 1959
- Species Chromaspirina paucispira Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
- Species Chromaspirina pellita Gerlach, 1954
- Species Chromaspirina pellucida (Cobb, 1920) Luc & Deconinck, 1959
- Species Chromaspirina pontica Filipjev, 1918
- Species Chromaspirina renaudae Boucher, 1975
- Species Chromaspirina stilbonematinops Leduc & Zhao, 2023
- Species Chromaspirina thieryi De Coninck, 1943
- Species Chromaspirina vanreuselae Verschelde & Vincx, 1996
- Species Chromaspirina denticulata (Gerlach, 1953) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 accepted as Pseudomicrolaimus denticulatus (Gerlach, 1953) Kovalyev & Tchesunov, 2005
- Species Chromaspirina dimorpha (Hopper, 1961) accepted as Desmodora dimorpha Hopper, 1961
- Species Chromaspirina guanabarensis Maria, Esteves, Smol, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2009 accepted as Spirinia guanabarensis (Maria, Esteves, Smol, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2009) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Chromaspirina inaurita Wieser & Hopper, 1967 accepted as Spirinia inaurita (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Chromaspirina inflexa (Wieser, 1954) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Desmodora inflexa Wieser, 1954
- Species Chromaspirina longisetosa Jensen, 1985 accepted as Bolbolaimus longisetosus (Jensen, 1985) Muthumbi et al., 1995 accepted as Desmodora (Bolbonema) longisetosum (Jensen, 1985) accepted as Bolbonema longisetosum (Jensen, 1985) Verschelde et al., 1998 (new combination)
- Species Chromaspirina madagascarensis Gerlach, 1953 accepted as Chromaspirina madagascariensis Gerlach, 1953 (misspelling)
- Species Chromaspirina okemwai Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995 accepted as Spirinia okemwai (Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Chromaspirina parma Ott, 1972 accepted as Spirinia parma (Ott, 1972) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Chromaspirina punctata (Cobb, 1920) accepted as Pomponema punctata (Cobb, 1920) Luc & Deconinck, 1959
- Species Chromaspirina rabosa (Gerlach, 1956) Gerlach, 1963 accepted as Bolbonema rabosum (Gerlach, 1956) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Chromaspirina spinulosa Wieser, 1959 accepted as Echinodesmodora spinulosa (Wieser, 1959) Blome, 1982
- Species Chromaspirina amabilis (de Man, 1922) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Jensen 1978)
- Species Chromaspirina cobbi (Chitwood, 1938) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Jensen 1978)
- Species Chromaspirina robusta Wieser, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish
Filipjev, I. N. (1918). Free-living marine nematodes of the Sevastopol area. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Laboratory and the Sevastopol Biological Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences.</em> Series II No 4 (Issue I & II) (Translated from Russian).
page(s): 212, 229, 406 [details]
page(s): 212, 229, 406 [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Chromaspirina Filipjev, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2345 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Filipjev, I. N. (1918). Free-living marine nematodes of the Sevastopol area. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Laboratory and the Sevastopol Biological Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences.</em> Series II No 4 (Issue I & II) (Translated from Russian).
page(s): 212, 229, 406 [details]
original description (of Mesodorus Cobb, 1920) Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 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]
page(s): 212, 229, 406 [details]
original description (of Mesodorus Cobb, 1920) Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 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. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 26 (1): 13-126. [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Sebastian, S.; Raes, M.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). Comparison of the nematode fauna from the Weddell Sea Abyssal Plain with two North Atlantic abyssal sites. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 54(16-17): 1727-1736. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.004 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Thiermann, F.; Windoffer, R.; Giere, O. (1994). Selected meiofauna around shallow water hydrothermal vents off Milos (Greece): ecological and ultrastructural aspects. <em>Vie Milieu.</em> 44(3/4): 215-226. [details] Available for editors
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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. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Leduc, D.; Verschelde, D. (2015). New <em>Spirinia</em> and <em>Stygodesmodora</em> species (Nematoda, Spiriniinae) from the Southwest Pacific, and revision of the related genera <em>Spirinia</em>, <em>Chromaspirina</em> and <em>Perspiria</em>. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (118): 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.118
note: Emended diagnosis and list of valid species [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Verschelde, D.; Nicholas, W.; Vincx, M. (2006). A Review of the Genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): New Species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 571, 17-40. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. <em>Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res.</em> 29, 497-508. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2008). Nematodes from sandy beaches of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 16 (2), 92-103. [details] Available for editors
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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
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additional source Muthumbi, A. W.; Verschelde, D.; Vincx, M. (1995). New Desmodoridae (Nematoda: Desmodoroidea): Three new species from Ceriops mangrove sediments (Kenya) and one related new species from the North Sea. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 36(3): 191-195. (look up in IMIS) [details]
biology source Baldrighi, E.; Dovgal, I.; Zeppilli, D.; Abibulaeva, A.; Michelet, C.; Michaud, E.; Franzo, A.; Grassi, E.; Cesaroni, L.; Guidi, L.; Balsamo, M.; Sandulli, R.; Semprucci, F. (2020). The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species. <em>Diversity.</em> 12(6): 224., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d12060224 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Thiermann, F.; Windoffer, R.; Giere, O. (1994). Selected meiofauna around shallow water hydrothermal vents off Milos (Greece): ecological and ultrastructural aspects. <em>Vie Milieu.</em> 44(3/4): 215-226. [details] Available for editors

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. [details] Available for editors

additional source Leduc, D.; Verschelde, D. (2015). New <em>Spirinia</em> and <em>Stygodesmodora</em> species (Nematoda, Spiriniinae) from the Southwest Pacific, and revision of the related genera <em>Spirinia</em>, <em>Chromaspirina</em> and <em>Perspiria</em>. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (118): 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.118
note: Emended diagnosis and list of valid species [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Verschelde, D.; Nicholas, W.; Vincx, M. (2006). A Review of the Genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): New Species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 571, 17-40. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. <em>Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res.</em> 29, 497-508. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497 [details] Available for editors

additional source Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2008). Nematodes from sandy beaches of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 16 (2), 92-103. [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Muthumbi, A. W.; Verschelde, D.; Vincx, M. (1995). New Desmodoridae (Nematoda: Desmodoroidea): Three new species from Ceriops mangrove sediments (Kenya) and one related new species from the North Sea. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 36(3): 191-195. (look up in IMIS) [details]
biology source Baldrighi, E.; Dovgal, I.; Zeppilli, D.; Abibulaeva, A.; Michelet, C.; Michaud, E.; Franzo, A.; Grassi, E.; Cesaroni, L.; Guidi, L.; Balsamo, M.; Sandulli, R.; Semprucci, F. (2020). The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species. <em>Diversity.</em> 12(6): 224., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d12060224 [details] Available for editors





Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]