WoRMS taxon details
Metadesmolaimus Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935
- Species Metadesmolaimus aduncus Lorenzen, 1972
- Species Metadesmolaimus aversivulva Gerlach, 1953
- Species Metadesmolaimus bulbosus Li, Ban & Huang, 2023
- Species Metadesmolaimus caniculus (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
- Species Metadesmolaimus communis Gagarin, 2013
- Species Metadesmolaimus elegans Gagarin, 2013
- Species Metadesmolaimus gaelicus Platt, 1983
- Species Metadesmolaimus gelana (Warwick & Platt, 1973) Lorenzen, 1977
- Species Metadesmolaimus hamatus (Gerlach, 1956) Lorenzen, 1972
- Species Metadesmolaimus heteroclitus Lorenzen, 1971
- Species Metadesmolaimus innii Fadeeva & Karpova, 2024
- Species Metadesmolaimus pandus Lorenzen, 1971
- Species Metadesmolaimus psammophilus Tchesunov, 1990
- Species Metadesmolaimus robustus Guo, Meng & Wang, 2023
- Species Metadesmolaimus similis Tchesunov, 1990
- Species Metadesmolaimus tersus (Gerlach, 1956) Lorenzen, 1972
- Species Metadesmolaimus varians Lorenzen, 1972
- Species Metadesmolaimus zhanggi Guo, Chen & Liu, 2016
- Species Metadesmolaimus labiosetosus Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Metadesmolaimus canicula (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973 accepted as Metadesmolaimus caniculus (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973 (spelling variation)
- Species Metadesmolaimus coronatus Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950 accepted as Pseudosteineria coronata (Gerlach, 1955) Wieser, 1959
marine
Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1935). Additional notes to my monographs on the freeliving marine nemas of the Belgian coast I and II, written in collaboration with W. Adam and L.A. De Coninck, with some remarks on the ecology of Belgian nemas. <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, 72 Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België: Brussel.</em> 36, 5 plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Metadesmolaimus Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2461 on 2026-01-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1935). Additional notes to my monographs on the freeliving marine nemas of the Belgian coast I and II, written in collaboration with W. Adam and L.A. De Coninck, with some remarks on the ecology of Belgian nemas. <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, 72 Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België: Brussel.</em> 36, 5 plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Tchesunov, A. V.; Miljutin, D. M. (2006). Three new free-living nematode species (Monhysterida) from the Arctic abyss, with revision of the genus Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922 (Linhomoeidae). <em>Russian Journal of Nematology.</em> 14(1): 57-75. [details] Available for editors 
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[request]Ecology
ecology source
Ingels, J.; Vanhove, S.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). The biodiversity and biogeography of the free-living nematode genera Desmodora and Desmodorella (family Desmodoridae) at both sides of the Scotia Arc. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 29(11): 936-949., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0135-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Raes, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Microhabitat type determines the composition of nematode communities associated with sediment-clogged cold-water coral framework in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic). <em>Deep-Sea Research Part I.</em> 53 (12): 880-1894. [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Vanaverbeke, J., K. Soetaert, C. Heip & A. Vanreusel. (1997). The metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic). <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 38:93-107. [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Vanreusel, A., M. Vincx, D. Van Gansbeke & W. Gijselinck, W. (1992). Structural analysis of the meiobenthos communities of the shelf break area in two stations of the Gulf of Biscay (N.E. Atlantic). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology.</em> 122(2):185-202. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). The effect of the dominant polychaete Scolelepis squamata on nematode colonisation in sandy beach sediments: An experimental approach. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 94(3): 272-280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.006 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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. [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Raes, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Microhabitat type determines the composition of nematode communities associated with sediment-clogged cold-water coral framework in the Porcupine Seabight (NE Atlantic). <em>Deep-Sea Research Part I.</em> 53 (12): 880-1894. [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Vanaverbeke, J., K. Soetaert, C. Heip & A. Vanreusel. (1997). The metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic). <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 38:93-107. [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Vanreusel, A., M. Vincx, D. Van Gansbeke & W. Gijselinck, W. (1992). Structural analysis of the meiobenthos communities of the shelf break area in two stations of the Gulf of Biscay (N.E. Atlantic). <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology.</em> 122(2):185-202. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). The effect of the dominant polychaete Scolelepis squamata on nematode colonisation in sandy beach sediments: An experimental approach. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 94(3): 272-280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.07.006 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Guo, Y; Chen, Y.; Liu, M. (2016). Metadesmolaimus zhanggi sp. nov. (Nematoda: Xyalidae) from East China Sea, with a pictorial key to Metadesmolaimus species. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 57: 73-79. [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource LI, T.; Ban, S.; Huang, Y. (2023). Two new species of Xyalidae Chitwood, 1951 (Nematoda, Monhysterida) from Chinese Sea Area. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5369(2): 255-268., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.2.5 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]identification resource LI, T.; Ban, S.; Huang, Y. (2023). Two new species of Xyalidae Chitwood, 1951 (Nematoda, Monhysterida) from Chinese Sea Area. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5369(2): 255-268., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.2.5 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Sebastian, S.; Raes, M.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). Comparison of the nematode fauna from the Weddell Sea Abyssal Plain with two North Atlantic abyssal sites. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 54(16-17): 1727-1736. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.004 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Gaever, S.; Galéron, J.; Sibuet, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Deep-sea habitat heterogeneity influence on meiofaunal communities in the Gulf of Guinea. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 56(23): 2259-2269., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.008 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Gaever, S.; Olu, K.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Metazoan meiofaunal communities at cold seeps along the Norwegian margin: Influence of habitat heterogeneity and evidence for connection with shallow-water habitats. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 56(5): 772-785., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.015 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , 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 Vanaverbeke, J., K. Soetaert, C. Heip & A. Vanreusel. (1997). The metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic). <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 38:93-107. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Verschelde, D.; Nicholas, W.; Vincx, M. (2006). A Review of the Genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): New Species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 571, 17-40. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gheskiere, T.; Vincx, M.; Urban-Malinga, B.; Rossano, C.; Scapini, F.; Degraer, S. (2005). Nematodes from wave-dominated sandy beaches: diversity, zonation patterns and testing of the isocommunities concept. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 62(1-2): 365-375. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.024 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Guo, Y., M.N. Helléouet & G. Boucher. (2008). Spatial patterns of meiofauna and diversity of nematode species assemblages in the Uvea lagoon (Loyalty Islands, South Pacific). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 88(5): 931–940. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Van Gaever, S.; Galéron, J.; Sibuet, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Deep-sea habitat heterogeneity influence on meiofaunal communities in the Gulf of Guinea. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 56(23): 2259-2269., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.008 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Gaever, S.; Olu, K.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Metazoan meiofaunal communities at cold seeps along the Norwegian margin: Influence of habitat heterogeneity and evidence for connection with shallow-water habitats. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 56(5): 772-785., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.015 [details] Available for editors
[request]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. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , 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 Vanaverbeke, J., K. Soetaert, C. Heip & A. Vanreusel. (1997). The metazoan meiobenthos along the continental slope of the Goban Spur (NE Atlantic). <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 38:93-107. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Verschelde, D.; Nicholas, W.; Vincx, M. (2006). A Review of the Genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): New Species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 571, 17-40. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gheskiere, T.; Vincx, M.; Urban-Malinga, B.; Rossano, C.; Scapini, F.; Degraer, S. (2005). Nematodes from wave-dominated sandy beaches: diversity, zonation patterns and testing of the isocommunities concept. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 62(1-2): 365-375. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.024 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Guo, Y., M.N. Helléouet & G. Boucher. (2008). Spatial patterns of meiofauna and diversity of nematode species assemblages in the Uvea lagoon (Loyalty Islands, South Pacific). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 88(5): 931–940. [details] Available for editors
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