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Leptolaimus de Man, 1876

Leptolaimus sp.

AphiaID

2407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2407)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Leptolaimus papilliger de Man, 1876

Parent

Leptolaiminae Örley, 1880

Original name

Leptolaimus de Man, 1876

Synonymised names

Dermatolaimus Steiner, 1920 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Halaphanolaimus Southern, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Leptolaimus ampullaceus Warwick, 1970
Species Leptolaimus elegans (Stekhoven & De Coninck, 1933) Gerlach, 1958
Species Leptolaimus harpaga (Boucher & de Bovée, 1972) Holovachov & Boström, 2013
Species Leptolaimus membranatus (Wieser, 1951) De Coninck, 1965
Species Leptolaimus papilliger de Man, 1876
Species Leptolaimus pellucidus (Southern, 1914) Holovachov & Boström, 2013
Species Leptolaimus setiger Schuurmans Stekhoven & De Coninck, 1933
Species Leptolaimus venustus Lorenzen, 1972
Species Leptolaimus vinnulus Vitiello, 1974
Species Leptolaimus lyngei Allgén, 1940 accepted as Rhynchonema lyngei (Allgén, 1940) Gerlach, 1953

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

de Man, J. G. (1876). Onderzoekingen over vrij in de aarde levende Nematoden. Tijdschrift der Nederlandische Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2: 78-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9771961#page/102/mode/1up
page(s): 168 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Leptolaimus de Man, 1876. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2407 on 2025-05-19

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Leptolaimus de Man, 1876. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2407 on 2025-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

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Holovachov, Oleksandr

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Holovachov, Oleksandr

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original description de Man, J. G. (1876). Onderzoekingen over vrij in de aarde levende Nematoden. Tijdschrift der Nederlandische Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2: 78-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9771961#page/102/mode/1up
page(s): 168 [details]

original description (of Halaphanolaimus Southern, 1914) Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Nemathelmia, Kinorhyncha, and Chaetognatha. Proceedings of the the Royal Irish Academy. 31, part 54, section 3: 1-80, plates I-XII. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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