Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Monhysterina > Superfamily Monhysteroidea

Monhysteridae de Man, 1876

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anguimonhystera Andrássy, 1981
Diplolaimella Allgén, 1929
Diplolaimelloides Meyl, 1954
Eumonhystera Andrássy, 1981
Gammarinema Kinne & Gerlach, 1953
Geomonhystera Andrássy, 1981
Halomonhystera Andrássy, 2006
Monhystera Bastian, 1865
Monhystrella Cobb, 1918
Odontobius Roussel del Vauzème, 1834
Thalassomonhystera Jacobs, 1987
Tridentulus Eyualem & Coomans, 1995

Literature

basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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. Cah. Biol. Mar. 47: 365-370.
additional source	Zekely, J.; Gollner, S.; Van Dover, C. L.; Govenar, B.; Le Bris, N.; Nemeschkal, H. L.; Bright, M. (2006). Nematode communities associated with tubeworm and mussel aggregations on the East Pacific Rise. Cah. Biol. Mar. 47: 477-482.
additional source	Timm, R. W. (1966). Nematode Parasites of the Coelomic Cavity of Earthworms IV. Siconema new genus (Drilonematoidea : Ungellidae), with a description of 10 new species. Biologia. 12 (1) : 7-21.
additional source	Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. Hydrobiologia. 311: 185-206.
additional source	Tchesunov, A. V. (2008). Three new species of free-living nematodes from the South-East Atlantic Abyss (DIVA I Expedition). Zootaxa. 1866 151-174.
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)
additional source	Lorenzen, S. (1979). The system of the monhysteroidea (Nematodes)- A new approach. Annales Soc. r. Zool. Belg. 108 (1-2): 21-22.
additional source	Timm, R. W. (1966). Nematode Parasites of the Coelomic Cavity of Earthworms III. Homungella new genus (Drilonematoidea : Homungellidae new family). Biologia. 12 (1) : 1-5.
taxonomy source	Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin. 759 pp.
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. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653.
taxonomy source	Fonseca, G.; Decraemer, W. (2008). State of the art of the free-living marine Monhysteridae (Nematoda). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(7): 1371–1390.
ecology source	Vincx, M.; Coomans, A. (1983). Daptonema williamsi sp.n. (Nematoda, Xyalidae) from the Solomon Islands. Zoologica Scripta. 12(4): 237-244.
ecology source	Soetaert, K., M. Vincx, J. Wittoeck, M. Tulkens & D. Van Gansbeke. (1994). Spatial patterns of Westerschelde meiobenthos. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 39:367-388.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
NeMys
NeMys
NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Monhysteridae de Man, 1876. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2188

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Monhysteridae de Man, 1876. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/58bdfba9-1644-45d6-91f1-e48911eaa974