Desmoscolex
creator: Camba Reu, Cibran
creator: Kihara, Terue Cristina
creator: Eisendle, Ursula
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2369 on 2026-08-28
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-06-05T18:50:00Z
replaces: 227436
replaces: 1305160
replaces: 1305158
replaces: 1305356
replaces: 227449
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Desmoscolex Claparède, 1863
class: Chromadorea
family: Desmoscolecidae
genus: Desmoscolex
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-120, 18 plates.
name published in: Allgén, C. A. (1939). Über einige im reinen Schalensand der Westküste Norwegens freilebende Nematoden. Festschr. Embrik Strand (Riga). 5: 404-425.
name published in: Steiner, G. (1916). Freilebende Nematoden aus der Barentssee. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 39: 511-664.
name published in: Timm, R. W. (1970). A revision of the nematoda order Desmoscolecida Filipjev, 1929. University of California Press. 93: 1-115.
name published in year: 1863
name published in year: 1939
name published in year: 1916
name published in year: 1970
order: Desmoscolecida
parent name usage ID: 227162
phylum: Nematoda
scientific name authorship: Claparède, 1863
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted