Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Plectida > Suborder Plectina > Superfamily Plectoidea > Family Chronogastridae

Chronogaster Cobb, 1913

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Walcherenia*	de Man, 1921	synonym

Children

Chronogaster andrassyi Loof & Jairajpuri, 1965
Chronogaster boettgeri Kischke, 1956
Chronogaster cameroonensis Heyns & Coomans, 1984
Chronogaster longicollis (Daday, 1899)
Chronogaster polonica Winiszewska-Slipinska, 1997
Chronogaster tenuis Loof & Jairajpuri, 1965
Chronogaster troglodytes Poinar & Sarbu, 1994
Chronogaster typica (de Man, 1921) De Coninck, 1937
Chronogaster zujarensis Ocana & Coomans, 1991

Literature

original description	Cobb, N. A. (1913). New Nematode genera found inhabiting fresh water and nonbrackish soils. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 3: 432-444.
basis of record	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Timm, R. W.; Ameen, M. (1960). Nematodes Associated With Commercial Crops In East Pakistan. Agriculture Pakistan. 11 (3) : 1-9.
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. Zootaxa. 2568: 39–66.
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. Nematology. 0 (2021) 1-14.
taxonomy source	Andrássy, I. (1957). Über die Gattung Chronogaster, Cobb 1913 (Nematoda, Plectidae). Annls Univ. Scient. bpest. Rolando Eötvös. I: 3-12.
taxonomy source	Heyns, J. & Coomans, A. (1980). Freshwater Nematodes From South Africa 5. Chronogaster Cobb, 1913. Nematologica. 26 (2): 187-208.
taxonomy source	Andrássy, I. (1958). Noch einmal über die Gattung Chronogaster Cobb, 1913. Opusc. Zool. Budapest. II (4): 7-11.
taxonomy source	Heyns, J. & Coomans, A. (1983). New and known species of Chronogaster Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda: Leptolaimidae). Nematologica. 29 (3): 245-265.
taxonomy source	Loof, P..A.A. & Jairajpuri, M.S. (1965). Two new species of Chronogaster Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda: Plectidae). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 32 (2): 181-186.
taxonomy source	Raski, D. J. & Maggenti, A. R. (1984). Four new species of Chronogaster Cobb, 1913 (Nemata: Plectidae) with a key to species of the genus. Nematologica. 30 (2): 117-130.
taxonomy source	Abebe, E.; Coomans, A. (1996). Aquatic Nematodes from Ethiopia VI. The Genera Chronogaster Cobb, 1913, Plectus Bastian, 1865 and Prismatolaimus de Man, 1880 with Descriptions of C. ethiopica n. sp. and C. getachewi n. sp. (Chromadorida: Nematoda). Hydrobiologia. 332: 41-61.
taxonomy source	Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Postembryonic morphology in Epsilonematidae, with a discussion on the variability of caudal gland outlets. Journal of Nematology. 97-118.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Chronogaster Cobb, 1913. 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:227267

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Chronogaster Cobb, 1913. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/95078be7-a824-4ec1-9e05-84b805e249de