Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

NARMS taxon details

Microlaimus de Man, 1880

Microlaimus

AphiaID

2366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2366)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Microlaimus globiceps de Man, 1880

Type taxon of

Microlaimidae Micoletzky, 1922

Parent

Microlaimidae Micoletzky, 1922

Original name

Microlaimus de Man, 1880

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Species Microlaimus acanthus (Jayasree & Warwick, 1977) Kovalyev & Tchesunov, 2005
Species Microlaimus acicularis Lorenzen, 1976
Species Microlaimus acinaces Warwick & Platt, 1973
Species Microlaimus acuticaudatus Schuurmans Stekhoven & De Coninck, 1933
Species Microlaimus annelisae Jensen, 1976
Species Microlaimus arenarius (Blome, 1982) Kovalyev & Miljutina, 2009
Species Microlaimus arenicola Schulz, 1938
Species Microlaimus borealis Steiner, 1916
Species Microlaimus cochleatus Wieser, 1959
Species Microlaimus compridus Gerlach, 1956
Species Microlaimus conothelis (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978
Species Microlaimus criminalis Rieger & Ott, 1971
Species Microlaimus cyatholaimoides de Man, 1922
Species Microlaimus dimorphus Chitwood, 1937
Species Microlaimus donsi Allg�n, 1935
Species Microlaimus globiceps de Man, 1880
Species Microlaimus honestoides Meyl, 1954
Species Microlaimus honestus De Man, 1922
Species Microlaimus inermis Ditlevsen, 1923
Species Microlaimus macrocirculus Gerlach, 1950
Species Microlaimus marinus (Schulz, 1932) Schuurmans Stekhoven & De Coninck, 1933
Species Microlaimus microseta Gerlach, 1953
Species Microlaimus monstrosus Gerlach, 1953
Species Microlaimus ostracion Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935
Species Microlaimus paraborealis Allg�n, 1940
Species Microlaimus parahonestus Gerlach, 1950
Species Microlaimus pinguis Wieser, 1954
Species Microlaimus punctulatus Gerlach, 1950
Species Microlaimus pygmaeus Meyl, 1954
Species Microlaimus robustidens Schuurmans Stekhoven & De Coninck, 1933
Species Microlaimus tenuicollis Gerlach, 1952
Species Microlaimus tenuispiculum de Man, 1922
Species Microlaimus texianus Chitwood, 1951
Species Microlaimus undulatus Gerlach, 1953
Species Microlaimus zosterae Allg�n, 1930
Species Microlaimus allgeni Gerlach, 1950 accepted as Molgolaimus allgeni (Gerlach, 1950) Jensen, 1978 (synonym)
Species Microlaimus chitwoodi Gerlach, 1950 accepted as Bolbolaimus chitwoodi (Gerlach, 1950) Jensen, 1978
Species Microlaimus conspicuus Lorenzen, 1973 accepted as Microlaimus monstrosus Gerlach, 1953
Species Microlaimus crassiceps Gerlach, 1953 accepted as Bolbolaimus crassiceps (Gerlach, 1953) Jensen, 1978 (new combination)
Species Microlaimus cuanensis Platt, 1973 accepted as Molgolaimus cuanensis (Platt, 1973) Jensen, 1978
Species Microlaimus dentatus Chitwood, 1937 accepted as Microlaimus chitwoodi Gerlach, 1950 accepted as Bolbolaimus chitwoodi (Gerlach, 1950) Jensen, 1978 (Name prerequisition)
Species Microlaimus lazonus Vitiello, 1970 accepted as Molgolaimus lazonus (Vitiello, 1970) Jensen, 1978
Species Microlaimus spirifer Warwick, 1970 accepted as Molgolaimus spirifer (Warwick, 1970) Shi & Xu, 2017 (see Shi & Xu (2017))
Species Microlaimus teutonicus Riemann, 1966 accepted as Bolbolaimus teutonicus (Riemann, 1966) Jensen, 1978
Species Microlaimus turgofrons Lorenzen, 1971 accepted as Molgolaimus turgofrons (Lorenzen, 1971) Jensen, 1978
Species Microlaimus citrus Gerlach, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, incertae sedis)
Species Microlaimus problematicus Allg�n, 1932 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, inadequate description)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

De Man, J. G. (1879). Die Einheimischen, Frei In Der Reinen Erde Und Im S�ssen Wasser Lebenden Nematoden. Monographisch Bearbeitet. Vorl�ufiger Bericht und descriptiv-systematischer Theil. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 5: 1-104. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Microlaimus de Man, 1880. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2366 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Microlaimus de Man, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=2366 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Martinez, Olga

2013-03-29 14:00:54Z

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Vanaverbeke, Jan

2016-03-15 10:22:58Z

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Miljutin, Dmitry

2016-06-24 10:14:29Z

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Miljutin, Dmitry

2016-07-05 08:41:47Z

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Miljutin, Dmitry

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original description De Man, J. G. (1879). Die Einheimischen, Frei In Der Reinen Erde Und Im S�ssen Wasser Lebenden Nematoden. Monographisch Bearbeitet. Vorl�ufiger Bericht und descriptiv-systematischer Theil. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 5: 1-104. (look up in IMIS) [details]

taxonomy source Jensen, P. (1978). Revision of Microlaimidae, Erection of Molgolaimidae fam.n., and Remarks on the Systematic Position of Paramicrolaimus (Nematoda, Desmodorida). Zoologica Scripta. 7(1-4): 159-173., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00599.x [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Muthumbi, A. W.; Vincx, M. (1999). Microlaimidae (Microlaimoidea: Nematoda) from the Indian Ocean: description of nine new and known species. Hydrobiologia. 397: 39-58. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Kovalyev, S. V.; Miljutina, M. A. (2009). A review of the genus Aponema Jensen, 1978 (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) with description of three new species. Zootaxa. 2077: 56�68. [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Gerlach, S. A. (1950). Die Nematoden-Gattung Microlaimus. Zool. Jb. (Syst.). 79: 188-208.
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taxonomy source Kovalyev, V.; Tchesunov, A. V. (2005). Taxonomic review of microlaimids with description of five species from the white Sea (Nematoda: Chromadoria). Zoosystematica Rossica. 14(1): 1-16. [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Tchesunov, A. V. (2014). Chapter 7.13. Order Desmodorida De Coninck, 1965. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa A. (ed.) Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Volume 2: Nematoda. 399-434. [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Leduc, D. (2016). One new genus and three new species of deep-sea nematodes�(Nematoda: Microlaimidae) from the Southwest Pacific Ocean and Ross Sea. Zootaxa. 4079(2): 255., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4079.2.7
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