RAMS name details
Leptosomatum elongatum Bastian, 1865
121955 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121955)
unaccepted
Species
marine
Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> Volume XXV. Part II:73-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1865.tb00179.x [details] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Leptosomatum elongatum Bastian, 1865. 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://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121955 on 2026-09-09
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Leptosomatum elongatum Bastian, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121955 on 2026-09-09
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Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> Volume XXV. Part II:73-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1865.tb00179.x [details]
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 Allgén, C. A. (1947). West American Marine Nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXV). <em>Vidensk. Medd. fra Dansk naturh. Foren.</em> 110: 65-219. [details] Available for editors
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1957). On a small collection of freeliving marine nematodes from Greenland and some other arctic regions with reviews and analyses of the compositions of all hitherto known arctic nematode faunas. <em>Meddr. Gronland.</em> 159 (3): 1- 42. [details] Available for editors
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. <em>Biol. Jb. Dodonaea.</em> 51: 116-170. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Steiner, G. (1915). Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Küste Sumatras. <em>Zool. Jb. (Syst.).</em> 38 (3-4): 223-244. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Timm, R. W. (1953). Observations on the Morphology and Histological Anatomy of a Marine Nematode, Leptosomatum acephalatum Chitwood, 1936, New Combination (Enoplidae : Leptosomatinae). <em>Am. Midl. Nat.</em> 49 (1): 229-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2422290 [details] Available for editors
additional source Timm, R. W. (1960). A New Species of Leptosomatum (Nematoda) from the Arabian Sea. J. Helminth., 34 (3/4): 217-220 [details] Available for editors
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]
redescription Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Timm, R. W. (1951). A new species of marine nematode, Thoracostoma magnificum, with a note on possible "pigment cell" nuclei of the ocelli. <em>J. Wash. Acad. Sci.</em> 41 (10): 331-333. [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 Allgén, C. A. (1947). West American Marine Nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXV). <em>Vidensk. Medd. fra Dansk naturh. Foren.</em> 110: 65-219. [details] Available for editors
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1957). On a small collection of freeliving marine nematodes from Greenland and some other arctic regions with reviews and analyses of the compositions of all hitherto known arctic nematode faunas. <em>Meddr. Gronland.</em> 159 (3): 1- 42. [details] Available for editors
additional source Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. <em>Biol. Jb. Dodonaea.</em> 51: 116-170. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Steiner, G. (1915). Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Küste Sumatras. <em>Zool. Jb. (Syst.).</em> 38 (3-4): 223-244. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Timm, R. W. (1953). Observations on the Morphology and Histological Anatomy of a Marine Nematode, Leptosomatum acephalatum Chitwood, 1936, New Combination (Enoplidae : Leptosomatinae). <em>Am. Midl. Nat.</em> 49 (1): 229-248., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2422290 [details] Available for editors
additional source Timm, R. W. (1960). A New Species of Leptosomatum (Nematoda) from the Arabian Sea. J. Helminth., 34 (3/4): 217-220 [details] Available for editors
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]
redescription Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Timm, R. W. (1951). A new species of marine nematode, Thoracostoma magnificum, with a note on possible "pigment cell" nuclei of the ocelli. <em>J. Wash. Acad. Sci.</em> 41 (10): 331-333. [details] Available for editors
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Original description (NemasLan) 
Note: species description of Leptosomatum elongatum taken from: Bastian, H. C., 1865. Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. ...
Original description (NemasLan) Note: species description of Leptosomatum elongatum taken from: Allgén, C. A., 1959. Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903, V, no 2; NeMys_p...
Original description (NemasLan) Note: species description of Leptosomatum elongatum taken from: Platt, H. M. & Warwick, R. M., 1983. Free-living Marine Nematodes. Part I: British Enoplids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New series) No. 2...
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Note: species description of Leptosomatum elongatum taken from: Bastian, H. C., 1865. Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. ... Original description (NemasLan)
Note: species description of Leptosomatum elongatum taken from: Allgén, C. A., 1959. Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903, V, no 2; NeMys_p... Original description (NemasLan)
Note: species description of Leptosomatum elongatum taken from: Platt, H. M. & Warwick, R. M., 1983. Free-living Marine Nematodes. Part I: British Enoplids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New series) No. 2... To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
