WoRMS taxon details
Draconema claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1918
121043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121043)
accepted
Species
Chaetosoma armatum Giard & Barrois, 1874 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chaetosoma claparedii Metschnikoff, 1867 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chaetosoma hibernicum Southern, 1914 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chaetosoma macrocephalum Schepotieff, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Claparediella claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1934 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Draconema hibernicum (Southern, 1914) Kress, 1937 · unaccepted
Drepanonema hibernicum (Southern, 1914) Cobb, 1933 · unaccepted
Notochaetosoma armatum (Barrois, 1875) Cobb, 1929 · unaccepted
marine
(of Chaetosoma claparedii Metschnikoff, 1867) Metschnikoff, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer. I. Über Chaetosoma und Rhabdogaster. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17: 539-544. [details] 
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Draconema claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121043 on 2026-08-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetosoma claparedii Metschnikoff, 1867) Metschnikoff, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer. I. Über Chaetosoma und Rhabdogaster. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17: 539-544. [details] 
original description (of Chaetosoma armatum Giard & Barrois, 1874) Giard, A. & Barrois, J. (1875). Note sur un Chaetosoma et une Sagitta, suivie de quelques réflexions sur la convergence des types par la vie pélagique. <em>Revue des sciences naturelles.</em> 3(1): 513-532., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15274244 [details]
original description (of Chaetosoma macrocephalum Schepotieff, 1907) Schepotieff, A. (1907). Zur Systematik der Nematoideen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> XXXI, 5/6: 132-161. [details]
original description (of Chaetosoma hibernicum Southern, 1914) Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Nemathelmia, Kinorhyncha, and Chaetognatha. <em>Proceedings of the the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31, part 54, section 3: 1-80, plates I-XII. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 59 - 60 [details]
basis of record De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50.</em> 161-174., available online at https://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?refid=26605 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference 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). [details]
original description (of Chaetosoma armatum Giard & Barrois, 1874) Giard, A. & Barrois, J. (1875). Note sur un Chaetosoma et une Sagitta, suivie de quelques réflexions sur la convergence des types par la vie pélagique. <em>Revue des sciences naturelles.</em> 3(1): 513-532., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15274244 [details]
original description (of Chaetosoma macrocephalum Schepotieff, 1907) Schepotieff, A. (1907). Zur Systematik der Nematoideen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> XXXI, 5/6: 132-161. [details]
original description (of Chaetosoma hibernicum Southern, 1914) Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Nemathelmia, Kinorhyncha, and Chaetognatha. <em>Proceedings of the the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31, part 54, section 3: 1-80, plates I-XII. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 59 - 60 [details]
basis of record De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50.</em> 161-174., available online at https://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?refid=26605 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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). [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Cobb, N. A. (1929). The ambulatory tube and other features of the nema Draconema cephalatum. <em>J. Wash. Acad. Sci.</em> 19 (**): 255-260, (reprinted in Contrib. to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 22: 413-418). [details] Available for editors
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Ecology
ecology source
Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2008). Walking with worms: coral-associated epifaunal nematodes. <em>Journal of Biogeography.</em> 35(12): 2207-2222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01945.x [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Venekey, V.; Lage, L. M.; Da Fonseca-Genevois, V. (2005). Draconema brasiliensis and Draconema fluminensis (Chromadorida,Draconematidae): two new species of free living nematodes from a rocky shore affected by upwelling on the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1090: 51–64., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1090.1.3 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hope, W. D.; Murphy, D. G. (1972). A taxonomic hierarchy and checklist of the genera and higher taxa of marine nematodes. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 137: 1-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.137 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hope, W. D.; Murphy, D. G. (1972). A taxonomic hierarchy and checklist of the genera and higher taxa of marine nematodes. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 137: 1-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.137 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Original description (NemasLan)
Note: species description of Draconema claparedii taken from: Platt, H. M. & Warwick, R. M., 1988. Free living marine nematodes. Part II: British Chromadorids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). N...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconema claparedii (1) 179995)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconema claparedii 179995)
To PESI (from synonym Draconema armatum (Giard & Barrois, 1874) Filipjev, 1918)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Draconema hibernicum (Southern, 1914) Kress, 1937)
To PESI (from synonym Draconema macrocephalum (Schepotieff, 1907) Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1935)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (1 record)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconema claparedii (1) 179995)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconema claparedii 179995)
To PESI (from synonym Draconema armatum (Giard & Barrois, 1874) Filipjev, 1918)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Draconema hibernicum (Southern, 1914) Kress, 1937)
To PESI (from synonym Draconema macrocephalum (Schepotieff, 1907) Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1935)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (1 record)