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Chromadora Bastian, 1865

2277  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2277)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Chromadorida (Order)
  7. Chromadorina (Suborder)
  8. Chromadoroidea (Superfamily)
  9. Chromadoridae (Family)
  10. Chromadorinae (Subfamily)
  11. Chromadora (Genus)
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  1. Species Chromadora axi Gerlach, 1951
  2. Species Chromadora bipapillata Micoletzky, 1922
  3. Species Chromadora brevipapillata Micoletzky, 1924
  4. Species Chromadora buesumensis Kreis, 1924
  5. Species Chromadora hentscheli (Micoletzky, 1922) Micoletzky, 1924
  6. Species Chromadora heterostomata Kito, 1978
  7. Species Chromadora macrolaima de Man, 1889
  8. Species Chromadora macrolaimoides Steiner, 1915
  9. Species Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  10. Species Chromadora pernambucana Neres, Dos Santos & Esteves, 2021
  11. Species Chromadora serrambi Neres, Dos Santos & Esteves, 2021
  12. Species Chromadora serrata (Cobb, 1914) Timm, 1978
  13. Species Chromadora undecimpapillata Wieser, 1959
  14. Species Chromadora yamadai Kito, 1978
  15. Species Chromadora antillensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  16. Species Chromadora balatonica (Daday, 1894) Micoletzky, 1922 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  17. Species Chromadora caeca (Bastian, 1865) Wieser, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  18. Species Chromadora cincta Villot, 1875 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  19. Species Chromadora crassicauda Allgén, 1957 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  20. Species Chromadora kingojacobseni Allgén, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  21. Species Chromadora kreisi Schuurmans Stekhoven & Adam, 1931 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  22. Species Chromadora neoheterophya (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  23. Species Chromadora palmensis Pagenstecher, 1881 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  24. Species Chromadora papillata (Bastian, 1865) Filipjev, 1918 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  25. Species Chromadora paracylindricauda Allgén, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  26. Species Chromadora pellucida Allgén, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, species inquirendam)
  27. Species Chromadora perlasi Allgén, 1947 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  28. Species Chromadora polaris Cobb, 1914 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  29. Species Chromadora sabelloides Bastian, 1865 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  30. Species Chromadora wallini Allgén, 1927 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  31. Species Chromadora abnormis Kreis, 1928 accepted as Chromadorita abnormis (Kreis, 1928) Wieser, 1954
  32. Species Chromadora affinis Allgén, 1930 accepted as Prochromadorella affinis (Allgén, 1930) Wieser, 1954
  33. Species Chromadora ambigua Ditlevsen, 1928 accepted as Prochromadorella ambigua (Ditlevsen, 1928) Wieser, 1954
  34. Species Chromadora antarctica (Allgén, 1929) accepted as Chromadora mucrodonta antarctica Allgén, 1929 accepted as Prochromadorella antarctica (Cobb, 1914) Wieser, 1954
  35. Species Chromadora armata Allgén, 1933 accepted as Chromadorina armata (Allgén, 1933) Wieser, 1954
  36. Species Chromadora baltica G. Schneider, 1906 accepted as Hypodontolaimus balticus (G. Schneider, 1906) Filipjev, 1918
  37. Species Chromadora bathybia Daday, 1894 accepted as Chromadorina viridis (Linstow, 1876) Wieser, 1954
  38. Species Chromadora bergensis Allgén, 1932 accepted as Chromadora macrolaima bergensis Allgén, 1932 accepted as Chromadorina bergensis (Allgén, 1932) Wieser, 1954
  39. Species Chromadora bioculata (Schultze, 1858) accepted as Chromadorina bioculata (Schultze in Carus, 1857) Wieser, 1954
  40. Species Chromadora brachypharynx Allgén, 1932 accepted as Chromadorita brachypharynx (Allgén, 1932) Wieser, 1954
  41. Species Chromadora bulbosa Daday, 1894 accepted as Punctodora ratzeburgensis (Linstow, 1876) Filipjev, 1929
  42. Species Chromadora canadensis (Cobb, 1914) accepted as Dichromadora geophila (de Man, 1876) Kreis, 1929
  43. Species Chromadora cephalata Steiner, 1916 accepted as Dichromadora cephalata (Steiner, 1916) Kreis, 1929
  44. Species Chromadora chlorophthalma de Man, 1876 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  45. Species Chromadora cobbiana Johnston, 1938 accepted as Prochromadorella cobbiana (Johnston, 1938) Wieser, 1954 accepted as Chromadorella cobbiana (Johnston, 1938) Blome & Schrage, 1985
  46. Species Chromadora conicaudata Allgén, 1927 accepted as Prochromadorella conicaudata (Allgén, 1927) Wieser, 1954
  47. Species Chromadora craspedota Steiner, 1916 accepted as Neochromadora craspedota (Steiner, 1916) Micoletzky, 1924
  48. Species Chromadora cricophana Filipjev, 1922 accepted as Dichromadora cephalata (Steiner, 1916) Kreis, 1929
  49. Species Chromadora crucifera Wieser, 1954 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  50. Species Chromadora cylindricauda Allgén, 1927 accepted as Chromadorina cylindricauda (Allgén, 1928) Wieser, 1954
  51. Species Chromadora ditlevseni de Man, 1922 accepted as Prochromadorella ditlevseni (de Man, 1922) Wieser, 1954
  52. Species Chromadora droebachiensis Allgén, 1931 accepted as Chromadorina germanica (Bütschli, 1874) Wieser, 1954
  53. Species Chromadora dubia Cobb, 1930 accepted as Prochromadorella cobbiana (Johnston, 1938) Wieser, 1954 accepted as Chromadorella cobbiana (Johnston, 1938) Blome & Schrage, 1985
  54. Species Chromadora dubiosa Daday, 1894 accepted as Punctodora ratzeburgensis (Linstow, 1876) Filipjev, 1929
  55. Species Chromadora erythrophthalma G. Schneider, 1906 accepted as Chromadorina erythrophthalma (G. Schneider, 1906) Wieser, 1954
  56. Species Chromadora exigua Ditlevsen, 1928 accepted as Prochromadora exigua (Ditlevsen, 1928) Wieser, 1954
  57. Species Chromadora exigua Kreis, 1929 accepted as Chromadora kreisi Schuurmans Stekhoven & Adam, 1931
  58. Species Chromadora filiformis Bastian, 1865 accepted as Chromadorella filiformis (Bastian, 1865) Filipjev, 1918
  59. Species Chromadora flamoniensis Daday, 1901 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  60. Species Chromadora germanica Bütschli, 1874 accepted as Chromadorina germanica (Bütschli, 1874) Wieser, 1954
  61. Species Chromadora heterophya Steiner, 1916 accepted as Chromadorita heterophya (Steiner, 1916) Filipjev, 1922
  62. Species Chromadora heterophyoides Allgén, 1932 accepted as Prochromadorella affinis (Allgén, 1930) Wieser, 1954
  63. Species Chromadora hyalocephala Steiner, 1916 accepted as Chromadorita hyalocephala (Steiner, 1916) Filipjev, 1922
  64. Species Chromadora inornata N.A. Cobb in M.V. Cobb, 1915 accepted as Chromadorita inornata (N.A. Cobb in M.V. Cobb, 1915) Filipjev, 1930
  65. Species Chromadora lacustris Micoletzky, 1914 accepted as Cyatholaimus lacustris Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Achromadora terricola (de Man, 1880) Micoletzky, 1924 (synonym)
  66. Species Chromadora laeta de Man, 1876 accepted as Chromadorina laeta (de Man, 1876) Micoletzky, 1924
  67. Species Chromadora lehberti G. Schneider, 1906 accepted as Chromadorina viridis (Linstow, 1876) Wieser, 1954
  68. Species Chromadora lorenzeni Jensen, 1980 accepted as Karkinochromadora lorenzeni (Jensen, 1980) Blome, 1982
  69. Species Chromadora maculata Ditlevsen, 1918 accepted as Prochromadorella maculata (Ditlevsen, 1918) Wieser, 1954
  70. Species Chromadora mediterranea Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Prochromadorella mediterranea (Micoletzky, 1922) Micoletzky, 1924
  71. Species Chromadora meridiana Cobb, 1914 accepted as Chromadorella meridiana (Cobb, 1914)
  72. Species Chromadora microlaima de Man, 1889 accepted as Atrochromadora microlaima (de Man, 1889) Wieser, 1954
  73. Species Chromadora micropapillata Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  74. Species Chromadora minima Cobb, 1893 accepted as Achromadora ruricola (De Man, 1880) Micoletzky, 1924
  75. Species Chromadora minor Cobb, 1894 accepted as Chromadorina germanica (Bütschli, 1874) Wieser, 1954
  76. Species Chromadora monohystera Micoletzky, 1915 accepted as Udonchus monohystera (Micoletzky, 1915) accepted as Udonchus tenuicaudatus Cobb, 1913
  77. Species Chromadora mucrodonta Steiner, 1916 accepted as Chromadorita mucrodonta (Steiner, 1916) Wieser, 1954
  78. Species Chromadora musae Cobb, 1893 accepted as Achromadora terricola (de Man, 1880) Micoletzky, 1924
  79. Species Chromadora natans Bastian, 1865 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  80. Species Chromadora neapolitana de Man, 1876 accepted as Prochromadorella neapolitana (de Man, 1876) Micoletzky, 1924
  81. Species Chromadora norwegica Allgén, 1932 accepted as Prochromadorella norwegica (Allgén, 1932) Wieser, 1951
  82. Species Chromadora ocellata Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Chromadorella parapoecilosoma ocellata Micoletzky, 1922
  83. Species Chromadora orleji de Man, 1880 accepted as Prochromadora orleji (de Man, 1880) Filipjev, 1922
  84. Species Chromadora pachydema G. Schneider, 1926 accepted as Chromadorita pachydema (G. Schneider, 1926) Wieser, 1954
  85. Species Chromadora pacifica Allgén, 1947 accepted as Chromadorina pacifica (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1954
  86. Species Chromadora papuana Daday, 1899 accepted as Achromadora papuana (Daday, 1899)
  87. Species Chromadora paracylindrica Allgén, 1959 accepted as Chromadora paracylindricauda Allgén, 1959 (spelling mistake)
  88. Species Chromadora paradoxa Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Spilophorella paradoxa (de Man, 1888) Filipjev, 1917 (synonym)
  89. Species Chromadora paraheterophya Allgén, 1932 accepted as Innocuonema paraheterophyum (Allgén, 1932) Inglis, 1969
  90. Species Chromadora paramacrolaimoides Allgén, 1947 accepted as Chromadora brevipapillata Micoletzky, 1924
  91. Species Chromadora paramucrodonta Allgén, 1929 accepted as Prochromadorella paramucrodonta (Allgén, 1929) Wieser, 1951
  92. Species Chromadora parapoecilosoma Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Chromadorella parapoecilosoma (Micoletzky, 1922) Wieser, 1951
  93. Species Chromadora parobtusa Allgén, 1947 accepted as Chromadorina parobtusa (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1954
  94. Species Chromadora pigmentata Allgén, 1933 accepted as Chromadora macrolaima de Man, 1889
  95. Species Chromadora poecilosoma de Man, 1893 accepted as Neochromadora poecilosoma (de Man, 1893) Micoletzky, 1924
  96. Species Chromadora poecilosomoides Filipjev, 1918 accepted as Neochromadora poecilosomoides (Filipjev, 1918) Micoletzky, 1924
  97. Species Chromadora polydonta Schulz, 1932 accepted as Denticulella polydonta (Schulz, 1932) Wieser, 1954
  98. Species Chromadora problematica Ditlevsen, 1918 accepted as Boreomicrolaimoides problematicus (Ditlevsen, 1918) Allgen, 1954
  99. Species Chromadora procera Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Prochromadorella neapolitana (de Man, 1876) Micoletzky, 1924
  100. Species Chromadora quadrilineoides Chitwood, 1951 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  101. Species Chromadora quarnerensis Daday, 1901 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  102. Species Chromadora quinquepapillata Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  103. Species Chromadora sabangensis Steiner, 1915 accepted as Graphonema sabangensis (Steiner, 1915) Wieser, 1954
  104. Species Chromadora sabulicola Filipjev, 1918 accepted as Neochromadora sabulicola (Filipjev, 1918) Wieser, 1954
  105. Species Chromadora salinarum Linstow, 1901 accepted as Punctodora salinarum (Linstow, 1901) Wieser, 1954
  106. Species Chromadora siciliana Wieser, 1954 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  107. Species Chromadora spectabilis Allgén, 1932 accepted as Innocuonema spectabile (Allgén, 1932) Inglis, 1969
  108. Species Chromadora suilla Allgén, 1947 accepted as Innocuonema suillum (Allgén, 1947) Inglis, 1969
  109. Species Chromadora sumatrana Steiner, 1915 accepted as Prochromadorella sumatrana (Steiner, 1915) Micoletzky, 1924
  110. Species Chromadora tatrica Daday, 1897 accepted as Ethmolaimus pratensis de Man, 1880
  111. Species Chromadora tentabunda Petzold, 1956 accepted as Innocuonema tentabunda (de Man, 1890) Inglis, 1969
  112. Species Chromadora tenuis G. Schneider, 1906 accepted as Chromadorita tenuis (G. Schneider, 1906) Filipjev, 1922
  113. Species Chromadora tridenticulata Platonova, 1971 accepted as Chromadora trilineata
  114. Species Chromadora trilinea Paramonov, 1927 accepted as Chromadora nudicapitata Bastian, 1865
  115. Species Chromadora trilineata (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  116. Species Chromadora tyroliensis Stefanski, 1916 accepted as Chromadorita leuckarti (de Man, 1876) Filipjev, 1929
  117. Species Chromadora vivipara de Man, 1907 accepted as Metachromadora vivipara (de Man, 1907) Allgen, 1928 accepted as Chromadoropsis vivipara (de Man, 1907) Allgen, 1928
  118. Species Chromadora vulgaris Bastian, 1865 accepted as Euchromadora vulgaris (Bastian, 1865) de Man, 1886
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1865.tb00179.x
page(s): 95 [details] OpenAccess publication
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Chromadora Bastian, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2277 on 2026-05-28
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Miljutin, Dmitry

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Nomenclature

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1865.tb00179.x
page(s): 95 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

Ecology

ecology source Raes, M.; De Troch, M.; Ndaro, S. G. M.; Muthumbi, A.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). The structuring role of microhabitat type in coral degradation zones: a case study with marine nematodes from Kenya and Zanzibar. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 26 (1): 13-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0184-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Fonsêca-Genevois, V.da., P.J. Somerfield, M.H. Baeta-Neves, R. Coutinho & T. Moens. (2006). Colonization and early succession on artificial hard substrata by meiofauna. Marine Biology 148(5):1039-1050., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0145-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

Other

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  PDF available [request]

additional source Cobb, N. A. (1894). Tricoma and other nematode genera. <em>The proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series).</em> Vol. VIII, 389-421 -With 28 plates. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

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 Da Rocha, C. M. C.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N. C.; Souza, R. B. (2006). Phytal marine nematode assemblages and their relation with the macrophytes structural complexity in a Brazilian tropical rocky beach. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 553:219-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-0923-9 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Derycke, S.; Van Vynckt, R.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Colonization patterns of Nematoda on decomposing algae in the estuarine environment: community assembly and genetic structure of the dominant species Pellioditis marina. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 52(3): 992-1001. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2007.52.3.0992 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Franco, M.; Steyaert, M.; Cabral, H.; Tenreiro, R.; Chambel, L.; Vincx, M.; Costa, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2008). Impact of discards of beam trawl fishing on the nematode community from the Tagus estuary (Portugal). <em>Marine Pollution Bulletin.</em> 56(10): 1728-1736. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.07.003 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gobin, J. F. (2007). Free-living marine nematodes of hard bottom substrates in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81(1): 73–84. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2008). Nematodes from sandy beaches of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. <em>Biociências, Porto Alegre.</em> 16 (2), 92-103. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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