WoRMS taxon details
Microlaimidae Micoletzky, 1922
2171 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2171)
accepted
Family
- Genus Acanthomicrolaimus Stewart & Nicholas, 1987
- Genus Aponema Jensen, 1978
- Genus Bathynox (Bussau, 1993) Bussau & Vopel, 1999
- Genus Bolbolaimus Cobb, 1920
- Genus Caligocanna Bussau, 1993
- Genus Calomicrolaimus Lorenzen, 1976
- Genus Ixonema Lorenzen, 1971
- Genus Jejulaimus Tchesunov, Jeong & Lee, 2021
- Genus Macrodontium Armenteros, Vincx & Decraemer, 2010
- Genus Maragnopsia Leduc, 2016
- Genus Microlaiminae Micoletzky, 1922
- Genus Microlaimoides Allgen, 1942
- Genus Microlaimus de Man, 1880
- Genus Pseudomicrolaimus Sergeeva, 1976
- Genus Spirobolbolaimus Soetaert & Vincx, 1988
- Genus Caligocanna Bussau & Vopel, 1999 accepted as Caligocanna Bussau, 1993 (junior primary homonym and junior objective synonym)
- Genus Lamellipodium Allgen, 1958 accepted as Ungulilaimella Allgén, 1958 (lapsus by Tchesunov, 2014)
- Genus Microlaimoides Hoeppli, 1926 accepted as Microlaimus de Man, 1880
- Genus Nox Bussau, 1993 accepted as Bathynox (Bussau, 1993) Bussau & Vopel, 1999 (junior homonym of Nox Nalbant, 1986)
- Genus Paracothonolaimus Schulz, 1932 accepted as Microlaimus de Man, 1880 (synonym)
- Genus Cinctonema Cobb, 1920 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Crassolaimus Kreis, 1929 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, incertae sedis)
- Genus Ungulilaimella Allgén, 1958 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, poor description)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Microlaimidae Micoletzky, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2171 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Jensen, P. (1978). Revision of Microlaimidae, Erection of Molgolaimidae fam.n., and Remarks on the Systematic Position of Paramicrolaimus (Nematoda, Desmodorida). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 7(1-4): 159-173., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00599.x [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Guitartia tridentata n. gen., n. sp. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) and Macrodontium gaspari n. gen., n. sp. (Chromadorida: Microlaimidae), free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Nematology.</em> 12 (3): 417-427. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. <em>Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain.</em> 2: 633-653. [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Kovalyev, V.; Tchesunov, A. V. (2005). Taxonomic review of microlaimids with description of five species from the white Sea (Nematoda: Chromadoria). <em>Zoosystematica Rossica.</em> 14(1): 1-16. [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. <em>Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin.</em> 759 pp., available online at http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/180464 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Tchesunov, A. V. (2014). Chapter 7.13. Order Desmodorida De Coninck, 1965. <em>In: Schmidt-Rhaesa A. (ed.) Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Volume 2: Nematoda.</em> 399-434. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]taxonomy source Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Guitartia tridentata n. gen., n. sp. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) and Macrodontium gaspari n. gen., n. sp. (Chromadorida: Microlaimidae), free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Nematology.</em> 12 (3): 417-427. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. <em>Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain.</em> 2: 633-653. [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Kovalyev, V.; Tchesunov, A. V. (2005). Taxonomic review of microlaimids with description of five species from the white Sea (Nematoda: Chromadoria). <em>Zoosystematica Rossica.</em> 14(1): 1-16. [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. <em>Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin.</em> 759 pp., available online at http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/180464 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Tchesunov, A. V. (2014). Chapter 7.13. Order Desmodorida De Coninck, 1965. <em>In: Schmidt-Rhaesa A. (ed.) Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, Gnathifera. Volume 2: Nematoda.</em> 399-434. [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
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]
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Guitartia tridentata n. gen., n. sp. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) and Macrodontium gaspari n. gen., n. sp. (Chromadorida: Microlaimidae), free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Nematology.</em> 12 (3): 417-427. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
additional source
Vincx, M. (1990). Diversity of the nematode communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. <em>Netherlands Journal of Sea Research.</em> 25:181-188. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dinet, A., F. Grassle & V. Tunnicliffe. (1988). Premières observations sur la méiofaune des sites hydrothermaux de la dorsale Est-Pacifique (Guaymas, 21°N) et de l'Explorer Ridge. [First observations on the meiofauna of the hydrothermal sites of the East-Pacific Ridge (Guaymas, 21°N) and the Explorer Ridge.]. <em>Oceanologica Acta.</em> 8: 7-14. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Flint, H. C.; Copley, J. T. P.; Ferrero, T. J.; Van Dover, C. L. (2006). Patterns of nematode diversity at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 47: 365-370. [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]
[request]additional source Dinet, A., F. Grassle & V. Tunnicliffe. (1988). Premières observations sur la méiofaune des sites hydrothermaux de la dorsale Est-Pacifique (Guaymas, 21°N) et de l'Explorer Ridge. [First observations on the meiofauna of the hydrothermal sites of the East-Pacific Ridge (Guaymas, 21°N) and the Explorer Ridge.]. <em>Oceanologica Acta.</em> 8: 7-14. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Flint, H. C.; Copley, J. T. P.; Ferrero, T. J.; Van Dover, C. L. (2006). Patterns of nematode diversity at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 47: 365-370. [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]
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