WoRMS taxon details
Mesacanthoides caputmedusae (Ditlevsen, 1918) Wieser, 1959
121899 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121899)
accepted
Species
Enoplolaimus caputmedusae Ditlevsen, 1918 · unaccepted
marine
(of Enoplolaimus caputmedusae Ditlevsen, 1918) Ditlevsen, H. (1919). Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. <em>Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren.</em> 70(7): 147-214., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27831477#page/179/mode/1up
page(s): 211-2012 pl 14 fig 3, pl 15 fig 7, pl 16 fig 1-2 [details]
page(s): 211-2012 pl 14 fig 3, pl 15 fig 7, pl 16 fig 1-2 [details]
Type locality contained in Danish part of the Baltic Sea
type locality contained in Danish part of the Baltic Sea [details]
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Mesacanthoides caputmedusae (Ditlevsen, 1918) Wieser, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121899 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Enoplolaimus caputmedusae Ditlevsen, 1918) Ditlevsen, H. (1919). Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. <em>Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren.</em> 70(7): 147-214., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27831477#page/179/mode/1up
page(s): 211-2012 pl 14 fig 3, pl 15 fig 7, pl 16 fig 1-2 [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 Wieser, W. (1959). Free-living nematodes and other small invertebrates of Puget Sound beaches. <em>University of Washington Publications in Biology (University of Washington Press, Seattle).</em> 19:1-179, figs. 1-109, pls. 1-96. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 19; note: Transfer of Enoplolaimus caputmedusae to Mesacanthoides caputmedusae [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 211-2012 pl 14 fig 3, pl 15 fig 7, pl 16 fig 1-2 [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
[request]new combination reference Wieser, W. (1959). Free-living nematodes and other small invertebrates of Puget Sound beaches. <em>University of Washington Publications in Biology (University of Washington Press, Seattle).</em> 19:1-179, figs. 1-109, pls. 1-96. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 19; note: Transfer of Enoplolaimus caputmedusae to Mesacanthoides caputmedusae [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Ditlevsen, H. (1919). Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. <em>Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren.</em> 70(7): 147-214., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27831477#page/179/mode/1up [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Original description (NemasLan) 
Note: species description of Mesacanthoides caputmedusae taken from: Ditlevsen, H., 1918. Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren. 70, 7: 147-214; NeMys_picture_...
Original description (NemasLan) Note: species description of Mesacanthoides caputmedusae taken from: Allgén, C. A., 1959. Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903, V, no 2; Ne...
Original description (NemasLan) Note: species description of Mesacanthoides caputmedusae taken from: Wieser, W., 1959. Free-living nematodes and other small invertebrates of Puget Sound beaches. Univ. Wash. Publs Biol. 19, i-ix:1-179; Ne...
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Note: species description of Mesacanthoides caputmedusae taken from: Ditlevsen, H., 1918. Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren. 70, 7: 147-214; NeMys_picture_... Original description (NemasLan)
Note: species description of Mesacanthoides caputmedusae taken from: Allgén, C. A., 1959. Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903, V, no 2; Ne... Original description (NemasLan)
Note: species description of Mesacanthoides caputmedusae taken from: Wieser, W., 1959. Free-living nematodes and other small invertebrates of Puget Sound beaches. Univ. Wash. Publs Biol. 19, i-ix:1-179; Ne... To PESI
To ITIS
