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Sphaerolaiminae

AphiaID

2243 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2243)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Sphaerolaimidae Filipjev, 1918

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Genus Doliolaimus Lorenzen, 1966
Genus Megalamphis De Coninck, 1965
Genus Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865
Genus Subsphaerolaimus Lorenzen, 1978
Genus Ceratosphaerolaimus Fadeeva, 1983 accepted as Metasphaerolaimus Gourbault & Boucher, 1981 (Jensen, 1992)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Sphaerolaiminae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2243 on 2026-10-08

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Nomenclature

basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

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]

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Introduced: alien

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