Traits taxon details
Spirinia Gerlach, 1963
2350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2350)
accepted
Genus
- Species Spirinia antipodea Leduc, 2019
- Species Spirinia gerlachi (Luc & De Coninck, 1959) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Spirinia gnaigeri Ott, 1977
- Species Spirinia guanabarensis (Maria, Esteves, Smol, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2009) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Spirinia hopperi Coles, 1987
- Species Spirinia inaurita (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Spirinia laevioides Gerlach, 1963
- Species Spirinia laevis (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Spirinia okemwai (Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1995) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Spirinia parma (Ott, 1972) Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Spirinia schneideri (Villot, 1875) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Spirinia sophia Da Silva, De Castro, Da Fonseca Cavalcanti & Da Fonseca-Genevois, 2009
- Species Spirinia verecunda Leduc & Verschelde, 2015
- Species Spirinia flagellata (Vitiello, 1971) accepted as Perspiria flagellata Vitiello, 1971 (Non published name, but it was cited by Castro et al. & others)
- Species Spirinia tenuicauda (Allgén, 1959) Gerlach, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, inadequate description, see Leduc & Verschelde 2015)
marine
Gerlach, S. A. (1963). Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven II. <em>Kieler Meeresforsch.</em> 19: 67-103.
page(s): 1, 2, 9; note: Bastian (1865) describes the genus but the name Spira was preoccupied. Filipjev changes the name to Spirina (1918) but the name was also preoccupied. Gerlach changes the name to Spirinia and redescrib...
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page(s): 1, 2, 9; note: Bastian (1865) describes the genus but the name Spira was preoccupied. Filipjev changes the name to Spirina (1918) but the name was also preoccupied. Gerlach changes the name to Spirinia and redescrib...
Bastian (1865) describes the genus but the name Spira was preoccupied. Filipjev changes the name to Spirina (1918) but the name was also preoccupied. Gerlach changes the name to Spirinia and redescribes the genus.

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Spirinia Gerlach, 1963. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2350 on 2025-05-04
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Spirinia Gerlach, 1963. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2350 on 2025-05-04
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original description
Gerlach, S. A. (1963). Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven II. <em>Kieler Meeresforsch.</em> 19: 67-103.
page(s): 1, 2, 9; note: Bastian (1865) describes the genus but the name Spira was preoccupied. Filipjev changes the name to Spirina (1918) but the name was also preoccupied. Gerlach changes the name to Spirinia and redescrib...
[details] Available for editors 
taxonomy source Leduc, D.; Verschelde, D. (2015). New <em>Spirinia</em> and <em>Stygodesmodora</em> species (Nematoda, Spiriniinae) from the Southwest Pacific, and revision of the related genera <em>Spirinia</em>, <em>Chromaspirina</em> and <em>Perspiria</em>. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (118): 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.118
note: Emended diagnosis and list of valid species [details]
basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 311: 185-206. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
additional source De Oliveira Pinto, T.K.,Netto, S.A., Esteves, A.M., De Castro, F.J.V., Neres, P.F. and Da Silva, M.C. (2021). Free-living freshwater nematodes from Brazil: checklist of genera and regional patterns of diversity. <em>Nematology.</em> 0 (2021) 1-14. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. <em>Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res.</em> 29, 497-508. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497 [details] Available for editors
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
redescription Vincx, M.; Gourbault, N. (1989). Desmodoridae from the Bay of Morlaix (Brittany) and the Southern Bight of the North Sea. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> 30(1): 103-11. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
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
page(s): 1, 2, 9; note: Bastian (1865) describes the genus but the name Spira was preoccupied. Filipjev changes the name to Spirina (1918) but the name was also preoccupied. Gerlach changes the name to Spirinia and redescrib...
Bastian (1865) describes the genus but the name Spira was preoccupied. Filipjev changes the name to Spirina (1918) but the name was also preoccupied. Gerlach changes the name to Spirinia and redescribes the genus.

taxonomy source Leduc, D.; Verschelde, D. (2015). New <em>Spirinia</em> and <em>Stygodesmodora</em> species (Nematoda, Spiriniinae) from the Southwest Pacific, and revision of the related genera <em>Spirinia</em>, <em>Chromaspirina</em> and <em>Perspiria</em>. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (118): 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.118
note: Emended diagnosis and list of valid species [details]
basis of record Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004). (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. [details] Available for editors

additional source Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 311: 185-206. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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

additional source De Oliveira Pinto, T.K.,Netto, S.A., Esteves, A.M., De Castro, F.J.V., Neres, P.F. and Da Silva, M.C. (2021). Free-living freshwater nematodes from Brazil: checklist of genera and regional patterns of diversity. <em>Nematology.</em> 0 (2021) 1-14. [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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. [details] Available for editors

additional source Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. <em>Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res.</em> 29, 497-508. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497 [details] Available for editors

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

redescription Vincx, M.; Gourbault, N. (1989). Desmodoridae from the Bay of Morlaix (Brittany) and the Southern Bight of the North Sea. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> 30(1): 103-11. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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

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





To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirinia)
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (41 records)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (41 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database