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Acanthonchus Cobb, 1920

AphiaID

2319 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2319)

Classification

Status

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Genus

Type taxon

Acanthonchus viviparus Cobb, 1920 accepted as Acanthonchus (Acanthonchus) viviparus Cobb, 1920

Parent

Paracanthonchinae

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Subgenus Acanthonchus (Acanthonchus) Cobb, 1920 s. str.
Subgenus Acanthonchus (Seuratiella) (Ditlevsen, 1921) Wieser, 1955
Species Acanthonchus singaporensis Chen Cheng-Ann, Nguyen Dinh Tu & Smol, 2015
Species Acanthonchus californicus (Allgen, 1947) Wieser, 1955 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Acanthonchus duplex (Allgen, 1947) Wieser, 1955 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, species inquirendum)
Species Acanthonchus cobbi Chitwood, 1951 accepted as Acanthonchus (Acanthonchus) cobbi Chitwood, 1951 (new combination)
Species Acanthonchus duplicatus Wieser, 1959 accepted as Acanthonchus (Acanthonchus) duplicatus Wieser, 1959 (new combination)
Species Acanthonchus viviparus Cobb, 1920 accepted as Acanthonchus (Acanthonchus) viviparus Cobb, 1920 (new combination)
Species Acanthonchus rostratus Wieser, 1959 represented as Acanthonchus (Seuratiella) rostratus Wieser, 1959
Species Acanthonchus setoi Wieser, 1955 represented as Acanthonchus (Acanthonchus) setoi Wieser, 1955 (Mentioned without subgenus in the index)

Environment

marine

Original description

Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contributions to a science of nematology. 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Acanthonchus Cobb, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2319 on 2026-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2006-09-04 06:53:11Z

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Miljutin, Dmitry

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Nomenclature

original description Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contributions to a science of nematology. 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644 [details]

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

new combination reference Wieser, W. (1955). A collection of marine nematodes from Japan. Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab. IV (2-3): 159-181. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Ecology

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

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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. Coral Reefs. 26 (1): 13-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0184-8 [details] Available for editors

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Identification resource

identification resource Kim, H.; Jeong, R. (2023). Two Species of the Family Cyatholaimidae (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from Korea. Diversity. 15(10): 1047., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d15101047 [details] Available for editors

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Other

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. Zootaxa. 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 De Oliveira Pinto, T.K.,Netto, S.A., Esteves, A.M., De Castro, F.J.V., Neres, P.F. and Da Silva, M.C. (2021). Free-living freshwater nematodes from Brazil: checklist of genera and regional patterns of diversity. Nematology. 0 (2021) 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10100 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Cunha, B. P., Fonseca, G., & Amaral, A. C. Z. (2022). Diversity and Distribution of Cyatholaimidae (Chromadorida: Nematoda): A Taxonomic and Systematic Review of the World Records. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:836670. 18 March 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.836670 [details] Available for editors

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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 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 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. Hydrobiologia. 553:219-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-0923-9 [details] Available for editors

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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. Biociências, Porto Alegre. 16 (2), 92-103. [details] Available for editors

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