WoRMS taxon details
Thalassoalaimus de Man, 1893
2552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2552)
accepted
Genus
Thalassolaimus de Man, 1893 · unaccepted (incorrect spelling)
- Species Thalassoalaimus brasiliensis Gerlach, 1956
- Species Thalassoalaimus crassicaudatus Huang, Sun & Huang, 2017
- Species Thalassoalaimus duoporus Leduc, 2023
- Species Thalassoalaimus lissus Gagarin, 2009
- Species Thalassoalaimus macrosmaticus Wieser, 1953
- Species Thalassoalaimus mediterraneus Vitiello, 1970
- Species Thalassoalaimus nestori Martelli, Lo Russo, Villares & Pastor de Ward, 2017
- Species Thalassoalaimus pacificus Murphy, 1965
- Species Thalassoalaimus septentrionalis Filipjev, 1927
- Species Thalassoalaimus spissus (Allgen, 1932) Wieser, 1953
- Species Thalassoalaimus tardus de Man, 1893
- Species Thalassoalaimus brevicaudatus Vitiello, 1970 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Martelli et al. (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus filiformis Allgén, 1933 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Martelli et al. (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus impar Gerlach, 1962 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Martelli et al. (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus montemari Wieser, 1953 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Martelli et al. (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus oxycauda Filipjev, 1927 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Martelli et al. (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus rotundicaudatus Filipjev, 1927 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Martelli et al. (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus tenuis Allgén, 1935 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, see Martelli et al. (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus aceratus Vitiello, 1970 accepted as Litinium aceratus (Vitiello, 1970) Martelli, Lo Russo, Villares & Pastor de Ward, 2017 (see Martelli et al (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus egregius Steiner, 1916 accepted as Litinium egregius (Steiner, 1916) Martelli, Lo Russo, Villares & Pastor de Ward, 2017 (see Martelli et al (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus longicaudatus Vitiello, 1970 accepted as Litinium longicaudatum (Vitiello, 1970) Martelli, Lo Russo, Villares & Pastor de Ward, 2017 (see Martelli et al (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus paramontemari Vitiello, 1970 accepted as Litinium paramontemari (Vitiello, 1970) Martelli, Lo Russo, Villares & Pastor de Ward, 2017 (see Martelli et al (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus pirum Lorenzen, 1969 accepted as Litinium pirum (Lorenzen, 1969) Martelli, Lo Russo, Villares & Pastor de Ward, 2017 (see Martelli et al (2017))
- Species Thalassoalaimus setosus Timm, 1967 accepted as Litinium setosum (Timm, 1967) Martelli, Lo Russo, Villares & Pastor de Ward (2017) (see Martelli et al (2017))
marine, brackish
de Man, J. G. (1893). Cinquième Note sur les Nématodes libres de la mer du Nord et de la Manche. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 6: 81-125., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10116546#page/93/mode/1up [details] 
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Thalassoalaimus de Man, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2552 on 2026-07-22
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Nomenclature
original description
de Man, J. G. (1893). Cinquième Note sur les Nématodes libres de la mer du Nord et de la Manche. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 6: 81-125., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10116546#page/93/mode/1up [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]
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 
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additional source
Hopper, B. E. (1969). Marine nematodes of Canada. II. Marine nematodes from the Minas Basin - Scots Bay area of the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. <em>Can. J. Zool.</em> 47(4): 671-690., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z69-114 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Jensen, P. (1983). Meiofaunal abundance and vertical zonation in a sublittoral soft bottom, with a test of the Haps corer. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 74: 319-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00403458 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
additional source Shirayama, Y.; Ohta, S. (1990). Meiofauna in a cold-seep community off Hatsushima, central Japan. <em>Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan.</em> 46(3): 118-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02123438 [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.; Vanreusel, A.; Hughes, J.; Bett, B.; Kiriakoulakis, K. (1999). The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 84(3): 547-556., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009555h [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Martelli, A.; Russo, V. L.; Villares, G.; Ward, C. T. P. D. (2017). Two new species of free-living marine nematodes of the family Oxystominidae Chitwood, 1935 (Enoplida) with a review of the genus Thalassoalaimus de Man, 1893 from the Argentine coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4250(4): 347-357., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4250.4.5 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]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 Jensen, P. (1983). Meiofaunal abundance and vertical zonation in a sublittoral soft bottom, with a test of the Haps corer. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 74: 319-326., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00403458 [details] Available for editors
[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
[request]additional source Shirayama, Y.; Ohta, S. (1990). Meiofauna in a cold-seep community off Hatsushima, central Japan. <em>Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan.</em> 46(3): 118-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02123438 [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.; Vanreusel, A.; Hughes, J.; Bett, B.; Kiriakoulakis, K. (1999). The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 84(3): 547-556., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009555h [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2568.1.2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Martelli, A.; Russo, V. L.; Villares, G.; Ward, C. T. P. D. (2017). Two new species of free-living marine nematodes of the family Oxystominidae Chitwood, 1935 (Enoplida) with a review of the genus Thalassoalaimus de Man, 1893 from the Argentine coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4250(4): 347-357., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4250.4.5 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalassoalaimus)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
