WoRMS name details
Desmoscolex frontalis Gerlach, 1952
153433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153433)
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Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex frontalis Gerlach, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153433 on 2026-08-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Gerlach, S. A. (1952). Nematoden aus dem Küstengrundwasser. <em>Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur zu Mainz.</em> 6: 315-372.
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basis of record Coomans, A. V. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.]. <em>In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium.</em> 43-56. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3668350 [details]
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Coomans, A. V. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.]. <em>In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium.</em> 43-56. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3668350 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Rho, H. S.; Kim, W.; Chang, C. Y. (2007). Description of two new free‐living marine nematode species of the subgenus Desmolorenzenia (Desmoscolecida, genus Desmoscolex ) from Korea. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(5-8): 313-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930601176571 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
