WoRMS taxon details
Spiliphera Bastian, 1865
2304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2304)
accepted
Genus
Spilophora Bastian, 1865 · unaccepted (Gerlach & Riemann, 1973)
Spilophorium Cobb, 1933 · unaccepted
Statenia Allgén, 1930 · unaccepted
- Species Spiliphera dolichura de Man, 1893
- Species Spiliphera gracilicauda de Man, 1893
- Species Spiliphera australis (Allgén, 1959) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spiliphera elegans Bastian, 1865 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spiliphera falklandiae Allgén, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, species inquirendam)
- Species Spiliphera gracilis Allgén, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, species inquirendam)
- Species Spiliphera longiseta (Allgén, 1951) Wieser, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spiliphera punctata (Linstow, 1900) Gerlach, 1964 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spiliphera tenuicauda (Allgén, 1951) Wieser, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spiliphera adriatica Daday, 1901 accepted as Steineridora adriatica (Daday, 1901) Inglis, 1969
- Species Spiliphera amokurae Ditlevsen, 1921 accepted as Graphonema amokurae (Ditlevsen, 1921) Inglis, 1969
- Species Spiliphera amokuroides (Allgén, 1928) Inglis, 1969 accepted as Innocuonema chilense Inglis, 1969 (Gerlach & Riemann, 1973)
- Species Spiliphera antarctica (Cobb, 1914) Wieser, 1954 accepted as Atrochromadora parva (de Man, 1893) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera antillensis Allgén, 1947 accepted as Chromadora antillensis (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera borealis Allgén, 1940 accepted as Prochromadorella maculata (Ditlevsen, 1918) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera breviseta Allgén, 1959 accepted as Spiliphera gracilicauda de Man, 1893
- Species Spiliphera canadensis Cobb, 1914 accepted as Dichromadora geophila (de Man, 1876) Kreis, 1929
- Species Spiliphera ceylonensis Cobb, 1890 accepted as Spilophorella ceylonensis (Cobb, 1890) Filipjev, 1918
- Species Spiliphera communis Bütschli, 1874 accepted as Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) De Man, 1889
- Species Spiliphera costata Bastian, 1865 accepted as Monoposthia costata (Bastian, 1865) de Man, 1889
- Species Spiliphera edentata Cobb, 1914 accepted as Neochromadora edentata (Cobb, 1914) Timm, 1978
- Species Spiliphera giardi Rouville, 1903 accepted as Spiliphera dolichura de Man, 1893
- Species Spiliphera heymonsi Steiner, 1921 accepted as Hypodontolaimus heymonsi (Steiner, 1921) Filipjev, 1930
- Species Spiliphera hirsuta Gerlach, 1956 accepted as Trichethmolaimus hirsutus (Gerlach, 1956) accepted as Ethmolaimus hirsutus (Gerlach, 1956) Jensen, 1994 (Platt, 1982; Schmidt-Raesa, 2014)
- Species Spiliphera impatiens Cobb, 1888 accepted as Chromadorita leuckarti (de Man, 1876) Filipjev, 1929
- Species Spiliphera inaequalis Bastian, 1865 accepted as Hypodontolaimus inaequalis (Bastian, 1865) De Man, 1886
- Species Spiliphera kryptospiculum Allgén, 1942 accepted as Prochromadorella kryptospiculum (Allgén, 1942) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera loricata Steiner, 1916 accepted as Steineridora loricata (Steiner, 1916) Inglis, 1969
- Species Spiliphera minima Vitiello, 1970 accepted as Spiliphera minuta Vitiello, 1972 accepted as Acantholaimus minutus (Vitiello, 1972) Gerlach, Schrage & Riemann, 1979
- Species Spiliphera minuta Vitiello, 1972 accepted as Acantholaimus minutus (Vitiello, 1972) Gerlach, Schrage & Riemann, 1979
- Species Spiliphera minutus Vitiello, 1972 accepted as Acantholaimus minutus (Vitiello, 1972) Gerlach, Schrage & Riemann, 1979
- Species Spiliphera mortenseni Allgén, 1947 accepted as Euchromadora mortenseni (Allgén, 1947) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera norwegica Allgén, 1932 accepted as Innocuonema norwegicum (Allgén, 1932) Inglis, 1969
- Species Spiliphera ophrydii Stefanski, 1914 accepted as Chromadorina bioculata (Schultze in Carus, 1857) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera oxycephala Bütschli, 1874 accepted as Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Spiliphera paniewensis Stefanski, 1923 accepted as Chromadorina bioculata (Schultze in Carus, 1857) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera paradoxa de Man, 1888 accepted as Spilophorella paradoxa (de Man, 1888) Filipjev, 1917
- Species Spiliphera parva (de Man, 1893) accepted as Atrochromadora parva (de Man, 1893) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera pusilla Allgén, 1947 accepted as Innocuonema pusillum (Allgén, 1947) Inglis, 1969
- Species Spiliphera robusta Bastian, 1865 accepted as Halichoanolaimus robustus (Bastian, 1865) de Man, 1886
- Species Spiliphera rognoeenis Allgén, 1932 accepted as Chromadorina rognoeensis (Allgén, 1932) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera serrata Cobb, 1914 accepted as Dichromadora serrata (Cobb, 1914) accepted as Chromadora serrata (Cobb, 1914) Timm, 1978
- Species Spiliphera setosa Bütschli, 1874 accepted as Hypodontolaimus setosus (Bütschli, 1874) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera spinicauda Vitiello, 1970 accepted as Acantholaimus spinicauda (Vitiello, 1970) Gerlach, Schrage & Riemann, 1979
- Species Spiliphera tentabunda de Man, 1890 accepted as Innocuonema tentabunda (de Man, 1890) Inglis, 1969
- Species Spiliphera trichophora (Allgén, 1932) accepted as Spiliphera trichophorella Wieser, 1954 accepted as Spiliphera dolichura de Man, 1893
- Species Spiliphera trichophorella Wieser, 1954 accepted as Spiliphera dolichura de Man, 1893
- Species Spiliphera trichura (Allgén, 1930) accepted as Spiliphera dolichura de Man, 1893
- Species Spiliphera ungulidentata Allgén, 1932 accepted as Prochromadorella ungulidentata (Allgén, 1932) Wieser, 1954
- Species Spiliphera fragilis Allgén, 1929 represented as Spilophora fragilis Allgén, 1929 accepted as Actinonema fragile (Allgén, 1929) Wieser, 1954 accepted as Actinonema pachydermatum Cobb, 1920
- Species Spiliphera spectabilis Allgén, 1929 represented as Spilophora spectabilis Allgen, 1929 accepted as Dichromadora geophila (de Man, 1876) Kreis, 1929
marine
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): 165-166 [details]
page(s): 165-166 [details]
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Spiliphera Bastian, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2304 on 2026-09-04
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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): 165-166 [details]
original description (of Statenia Allgén, 1930) Allgén, C. A. (1930). Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Stateninsel (Feuerland-Archipel). II. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 90: 27-38. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Spilophora Bastian, 1865) 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): 165, 178 ; note: p178 errata:referring to page 165 line 15, instead of SPILIPHERA read SPILOPHORA. [details]
basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 165-166 [details]
original description (of Statenia Allgén, 1930) Allgén, C. A. (1930). Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Stateninsel (Feuerland-Archipel). II. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 90: 27-38. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Spilophora Bastian, 1865) 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): 165, 178 ; note: p178 errata:referring to page 165 line 15, instead of SPILIPHERA read SPILOPHORA. [details]
basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Danovaro, R.; Dell'Anno, A.; Pusceddu, A. (2004). Biodiversity response to climate change in a warm deep sea. <em>Ecology Letters.</em> 7(9): 821-828., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00634.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. <em>Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res.</em> 29, 497-508. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497 [details] Available for editors
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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]
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
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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 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
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additional source Zeppilli, D. & R. Danovaro (2009). Meiofaunal diversity and assemblage structure in a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Pacific Ocean. Aquatic Biology. 5(1):75-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00140 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. <em>Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res.</em> 29, 497-508. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497 [details] Available for editors
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]
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
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 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
additional source Zeppilli, D. & R. Danovaro (2009). Meiofaunal diversity and assemblage structure in a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Pacific Ocean. Aquatic Biology. 5(1):75-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00140 [details] Available for editors
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