RAMS taxon details
Draconema claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1918
121043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121043)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Metschnikoff, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer. I. Über Chaetosoma und Rhabdogaster. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17: 539-544. [details] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Draconema claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1918. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121043 on 2026-08-20
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Draconema claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1918. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121043 on 2026-08-20
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(of ) Metschnikoff, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer. I. Über Chaetosoma und Rhabdogaster. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 17: 539-544. [details]
taxonomy source Cobb, N. A. (1929). The ambulatory tube and other features of the nema Draconema cephalatum. <em>J. Wash. Acad. Sci.</em> 19 (**): 255-260, (reprinted in Contrib. to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 22: 413-418). [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50.</em> 161-174., available online at https://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?refid=26605 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hope, W. D.; Murphy, D. G. (1972). A taxonomic hierarchy and checklist of the genera and higher taxa of marine nematodes. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 137: 1-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.137 [details] Available for editors
additional source Venekey, V.; Lage, L. M.; Da Fonseca-Genevois, V. (2005). Draconema brasiliensis and Draconema fluminensis (Chromadorida,Draconematidae): two new species of free living nematodes from a rocky shore affected by upwelling on the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1090: 51–64., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1090.1.3 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Filipjev, I. N. (1918). Free-living marine nematodes of the Sevastopol area. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Laboratory and the Sevastopol Biological Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences.</em> Series II No 4 (Issue I & II) (Translated from Russian). [details]
ecology source Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2008). Walking with worms: coral-associated epifaunal nematodes. <em>Journal of Biogeography.</em> 35(12): 2207-2222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01945.x [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Cobb, N. A. (1929). The ambulatory tube and other features of the nema Draconema cephalatum. <em>J. Wash. Acad. Sci.</em> 19 (**): 255-260, (reprinted in Contrib. to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 22: 413-418). [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50.</em> 161-174., available online at https://www.vliz.be/nl/imis?refid=26605 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hope, W. D.; Murphy, D. G. (1972). A taxonomic hierarchy and checklist of the genera and higher taxa of marine nematodes. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 137: 1-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.137 [details] Available for editors
additional source Venekey, V.; Lage, L. M.; Da Fonseca-Genevois, V. (2005). Draconema brasiliensis and Draconema fluminensis (Chromadorida,Draconematidae): two new species of free living nematodes from a rocky shore affected by upwelling on the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1090: 51–64., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1090.1.3 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Filipjev, I. N. (1918). Free-living marine nematodes of the Sevastopol area. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Laboratory and the Sevastopol Biological Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences.</em> Series II No 4 (Issue I & II) (Translated from Russian). [details]
ecology source Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2008). Walking with worms: coral-associated epifaunal nematodes. <em>Journal of Biogeography.</em> 35(12): 2207-2222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01945.x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Original description (NemasLan) 
Note: species description of Draconema claparedii taken from: Platt, H. M. & Warwick, R. M., 1988. Free living marine nematodes. Part II: British Chromadorids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). N...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconema claparedii (1) 179995)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconema claparedii 179995)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (1 record)
Note: species description of Draconema claparedii taken from: Platt, H. M. & Warwick, R. M., 1988. Free living marine nematodes. Part II: British Chromadorids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). N... To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconema claparedii (1) 179995)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Draconema claparedii 179995)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Nematoda Collection (1 record)
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