MSBIAS taxon details
Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865
2451 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2451)
accepted
Genus
- Species Sphaerolaimus balticus Schneider, 1906
- Species Sphaerolaimus gracilis de Man, 1876
- Species Sphaerolaimus hirsutus Bastian, 1865
- Species Sphaerolaimus macrocirculus Filipjev, 1918
- Species Sphaerolaimus islandicus Ditlevsen, 1926 accepted as Parasphaerolaimus islandicus (Ditlevsen, 1926) Filipjev, 1946
marine, brackish
Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> Volume XXV. Part II:73-184. [details] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2451 on 2025-05-27
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2451 on 2025-05-27
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description
Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> Volume XXV. Part II:73-184. [details]
basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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 Jensen, P. (1992). Predatory nematodes from the deep-sea: description of species from the Norwegian Sea, diversity of feeding types and geographical distribution. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 33: 1-23. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Cienfuegia gen. nov. (Xyalidae) and Pseudoterschellingia gen. nov. (Linhomoeidae), two new genera of free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 43(17-18): 1067-1081. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Copley, J. T. P.; Flint, H. C.; Ferrero, T. J.; Van Dover, C. L. (2007). Diversity of meiofauna and free-living nematodes in hydrothermal vant mussel beds on the northern and southern East Pacific Rise. <em>J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K.</em> [details] Available for editors
additional source Dando, P. R.; Austen, M. C.; Burke, Jr. R. A.; Kendall, M. A.; Kennicutt, II M. C.; Judd, A. G.; Moore, D. C.; O'Hara, S. C. M.; Schmaljohann, R.; Southward, A. J. (1991). Ecology of a North Sea pockmark with an active methane seep. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 70: 49-63. [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 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
additional source Van Gaever, S.; Galéron, J.; Sibuet, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Deep-sea habitat heterogeneity influence on meiofaunal communities in the Gulf of Guinea. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 56(23): 2259-2269., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.008 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vanreusel, A.; Van Den Bossche, I.; Thiermann, F. (1997). Free-living marine nematodes from hydrothermal sediments: similarities with communities from diverse reduced habitats. <em>Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.</em> 157: 207-219. [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 Vincx, M. (1989). Free-living marine nematodes from the southern bight of the North sea. <em>Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België Academia Analecta.</em> 51 (1): 39-70. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Vincx, M.; Meire, P.; Heip, C. (1990). The distribution of Nematodes communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 31:107-129. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Tchesunov, A.V. (1987). Free-living nematodes from the genus Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865 (Chromadoria, Monhysterida, Sphaerolaimidae) from the shallows of the White Sea. <em>Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly, Biologicheskie Nauki.</em> 5: 35-42. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source Ingels, J., K. Kiriakoulakis, G.A. Wolff & A. Vanreusel. (2009). Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 56(9): 1521-1539. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2009.04.010 [details]
ecology source de Leonardis, C., R. Sandulli, J. Vanaverbeke, M. Vincx & S. de Zio. (2008). Meiofauna and nematode diversity in some Mediterranean subtidal areas of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea. <em>Scientia Marina Barcelona (Spain).</em> .72 (1): 5-13. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
ecology source Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Verbist, K.; Vincx, M.; Steyaert, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Herman, P.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T. (2009). Tidal flat nematode responses to hypoxia and subsequent macrofauna-mediated alterations of sediment properties. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 381: 189-197. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07914 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Vanreusel, A., M. Vincx, D. Van Gansbeke & W. Gijselinck, W. (1992). Structural analysis of the meiobenthos communities of the shelf break area in two stations of the Gulf of Biscay (N.E. Atlantic). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology.</em> 122(2):185-202. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
identification resource Tchesunov, A. V.; Miljutin, D. M. (2006). Three new free-living nematode species (Monhysterida) from the Arctic abyss, with revision of the genus Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922 (Linhomoeidae). <em>Russian Journal of Nematology.</em> 14(1): 57-75. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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 Jensen, P. (1992). Predatory nematodes from the deep-sea: description of species from the Norwegian Sea, diversity of feeding types and geographical distribution. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 33: 1-23. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Cienfuegia gen. nov. (Xyalidae) and Pseudoterschellingia gen. nov. (Linhomoeidae), two new genera of free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 43(17-18): 1067-1081. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Copley, J. T. P.; Flint, H. C.; Ferrero, T. J.; Van Dover, C. L. (2007). Diversity of meiofauna and free-living nematodes in hydrothermal vant mussel beds on the northern and southern East Pacific Rise. <em>J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K.</em> [details] Available for editors
additional source Dando, P. R.; Austen, M. C.; Burke, Jr. R. A.; Kendall, M. A.; Kennicutt, II M. C.; Judd, A. G.; Moore, D. C.; O'Hara, S. C. M.; Schmaljohann, R.; Southward, A. J. (1991). Ecology of a North Sea pockmark with an active methane seep. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 70: 49-63. [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 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
additional source Van Gaever, S.; Galéron, J.; Sibuet, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Deep-sea habitat heterogeneity influence on meiofaunal communities in the Gulf of Guinea. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 56(23): 2259-2269., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.008 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vanreusel, A.; Van Den Bossche, I.; Thiermann, F. (1997). Free-living marine nematodes from hydrothermal sediments: similarities with communities from diverse reduced habitats. <em>Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.</em> 157: 207-219. [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 Vincx, M. (1989). Free-living marine nematodes from the southern bight of the North sea. <em>Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België Academia Analecta.</em> 51 (1): 39-70. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Vincx, M.; Meire, P.; Heip, C. (1990). The distribution of Nematodes communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 31:107-129. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Tchesunov, A.V. (1987). Free-living nematodes from the genus Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865 (Chromadoria, Monhysterida, Sphaerolaimidae) from the shallows of the White Sea. <em>Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly, Biologicheskie Nauki.</em> 5: 35-42. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source Ingels, J., K. Kiriakoulakis, G.A. Wolff & A. Vanreusel. (2009). Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 56(9): 1521-1539. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2009.04.010 [details]
ecology source de Leonardis, C., R. Sandulli, J. Vanaverbeke, M. Vincx & S. de Zio. (2008). Meiofauna and nematode diversity in some Mediterranean subtidal areas of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea. <em>Scientia Marina Barcelona (Spain).</em> .72 (1): 5-13. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
ecology source Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Verbist, K.; Vincx, M.; Steyaert, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Herman, P.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T. (2009). Tidal flat nematode responses to hypoxia and subsequent macrofauna-mediated alterations of sediment properties. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 381: 189-197. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07914 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Vanreusel, A., M. Vincx, D. Van Gansbeke & W. Gijselinck, W. (1992). Structural analysis of the meiobenthos communities of the shelf break area in two stations of the Gulf of Biscay (N.E. Atlantic). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology.</em> 122(2):185-202. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
identification resource Tchesunov, A. V.; Miljutin, D. M. (2006). Three new free-living nematode species (Monhysterida) from the Arctic abyss, with revision of the genus Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922 (Linhomoeidae). <em>Russian Journal of Nematology.</em> 14(1): 57-75. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaerolaimus)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (82 records)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (82 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
