WoRMS taxon details
Belbolla Andrássy, 1973
Bolbella Cobb, 1920 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Bolbellia Gerlach & Riemann, 1974 · unaccepted
- Species Belbolla asupplementata (Juario, 1974) Andrássy, 1973
- Species Belbolla californica (Allgén, 1951) Andrássy, 1973
- Species Belbolla forkyspicula Xiao & Guo, 2023
- Species Belbolla gallanachmorae (Inglis, 1961) Andrássy, 1973
- Species Belbolla gracilis Gagarin & Thanh, 2016
- Species Belbolla heptabulba (Timm, 1961) Andrássy, 1973
- Species Belbolla huanghaiensis Huang & Zhang, 2005
- Species Belbolla insula Belogurov, Fadeeva & Belogurova, 1983
- Species Belbolla intarma Belogurov & Belogurova, 1980
- Species Belbolla longispiculata Nasira, Shahina & Shamim, 2014
- Species Belbolla mangrove Zhu, Guo, Zhou, Shih, Li, Lee, Xu & Tam, 2023
- Species Belbolla octobulba Ban, Sun & Huang, 2023
- Species Belbolla sinica Wang, Guo & Wang, 2022
- Species Belbolla stenocephalum Huang & Zhang, 2005
- Species Belbolla sundaensis (Micoletzky, 1930) Andrássy, 1973
- Species Belbolla teissieri (Luc & De Coninck, 1959) Andrássy, 1973
- Species Belbolla tenuidens (Cobb, 1920) Andrássy, 1973
- Species Belbolla vietnamica Gagarin & Nguyen Dinh Tu, 2016
- Species Belbolla warwicki Huang & Zhang, 2005
- Species Belbolla wonkimi Rho, Lee, Lee & Min, 2020
- Species Belbolla zhangi Guo & Warwick, 2001
- Species Belbolla angusta (Kreis, 1929) Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935 accepted as Polygastrophora alexandriae (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943) Wieser, 1953
marine, brackish
Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644
page(s): 308; note: Originally described as Bolbella, but this was a homonym to Bolbella Giglio-Toss, 1915 (Orthoptera - Mantidae) and was renamed as Belbolla by Andrassy, 1973 [details]
page(s): 308; note: Originally described as Bolbella, but this was a homonym to Bolbella Giglio-Toss, 1915 (Orthoptera - Mantidae) and was renamed as Belbolla by Andrassy, 1973 [details]
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Belbolla Andrássy, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2556 on 2026-04-30
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Nomenclature
original description
Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644
page(s): 308; note: Originally described as Bolbella, but this was a homonym to Bolbella Giglio-Toss, 1915 (Orthoptera - Mantidae) and was renamed as Belbolla by Andrassy, 1973 [details]
original description (of Bolbellia Gerlach & Riemann, 1974) Gerlach, S. A.; Riemann, F. (1974). The Bremerhaven Checklist of Aquatic Nematodes. <em>Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven.</em> Supplement 4, Heft 2. S. 404-735.
page(s): 604; note: Bolbellia nom nov pro Bolbella cobb, 1920 p 308 homonym to Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Orthoptera-Mantidae) However authors unaware of the change of homonym by Andrassy, 1973 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Bolbella Cobb, 1920) Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 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]
page(s): 308; note: Originally described as Bolbella, but this was a homonym to Bolbella Giglio-Toss, 1915 (Orthoptera - Mantidae) and was renamed as Belbolla by Andrassy, 1973 [details]
original description (of Bolbellia Gerlach & Riemann, 1974) Gerlach, S. A.; Riemann, F. (1974). The Bremerhaven Checklist of Aquatic Nematodes. <em>Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven.</em> Supplement 4, Heft 2. S. 404-735.
page(s): 604; note: Bolbellia nom nov pro Bolbella cobb, 1920 p 308 homonym to Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Orthoptera-Mantidae) However authors unaware of the change of homonym by Andrassy, 1973 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Bolbella Cobb, 1920) Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Andrássy, I. (1973). Über vier homonyme Nematodengattungen. <em>Nematologica.</em> 19 (3): 403-404.
page(s): 304; note: Change of name from Bolbella (homonym) to Belbolla [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 304; note: Change of name from Bolbella (homonym) to Belbolla [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Zhu, H.; Guo, Y.; Zhou, H.; Shih, Y.-J.; Li, F.; Lee, F. W. F.; Xu, S. J.; Tam, N. F. Y. (2023). A New Species of Free-Living Nematode (Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Mangrove Wetlands of China. <em>Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.</em> 11(7): 1412., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11071412 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
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 Da Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Smol, N.; Decraemer, W.; Venekey, V. (2009). Bernardius lineatus gen. n., sp. n. (Enoplida: Enchelidiidae), a remarkable nematode with ornamented cuticle from a Brazilian tropical sandy beach. <em>Nematology.</em> 11(2): 275-287., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854109x429600 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 553:219-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-0923-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2005). Three new species of the genus Belbolla (Nematoda: Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 39(20): 1689–1703., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930400023750 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2004). A new genus and three new species of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. <em>China Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 45: 343-354. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jensen, P. (1986). The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. <em>IV. Ecological aspects. Marine Biology.</em> 92: 489-503., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00392509 [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 Da Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Smol, N.; Decraemer, W.; Venekey, V. (2009). Bernardius lineatus gen. n., sp. n. (Enoplida: Enchelidiidae), a remarkable nematode with ornamented cuticle from a Brazilian tropical sandy beach. <em>Nematology.</em> 11(2): 275-287., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854109x429600 [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 553:219-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-0923-9 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2005). Three new species of the genus Belbolla (Nematoda: Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 39(20): 1689–1703., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930400023750 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2004). A new genus and three new species of free-living marine nematodes (Nematoda: Enoplida: Enchelidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. <em>China Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 45: 343-354. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Jensen, P. (1986). The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. <em>IV. Ecological aspects. Marine Biology.</em> 92: 489-503., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00392509 [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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Belbolla)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolbella) (from synonym Bolbella Cobb, 1920)
To Genbank (from synonym Bolbella Cobb, 1920)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (12 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Bolbella Cobb, 1920)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolbella) (from synonym Bolbella Cobb, 1920)
To Genbank (from synonym Bolbella Cobb, 1920)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (12 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Bolbella Cobb, 1920)
From editor or global species database
