Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Dorylaimia > Order Dorylaimida > Suborder Dorylaimina > Superfamily Dorylaimoidea > Family Aporcelaimidae > Subfamily Aporcelaiminae

Aporcelaimus Thorne & Swanger, 1936

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aporcelaimus americanus Thorne & Swanger, 1936
Aporcelaimus bestiarius Izatullaeva, 1967
Aporcelaimus caesar Andrássy, 2000
Aporcelaimus cobbi Thorne, 1937
Aporcelaimus digiticaudatus Andrássy, 2001
Aporcelaimus eurydorys (Ditlevsen, 1911)
Aporcelaimus macrohystera Altherr, 1974
Aporcelaimus pachydermus Thorne, 1937
Aporcelaimus paraspiralis Thorne & Swanger, 1936
Aporcelaimus regius (de Man, 1876)
Aporcelaimus subdigiticaudatus Altherr, 1965
Aporcelaimus superbus (de Man, 1880)

Literature

original description	Thorne, G.; Swanger, H. H. (1936). A monograph of the nematode genera Dorylaimus Dujardin, Aporcelaimus ng, Dorylaimoides ng and Pungentus ng. Capita Zoologica. 6(4): 1-223.
basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Gheskiere, T., M. Vincx, J.M. Weslawski, F. Scapini & S. Degraer. (2005). Meiofauna as descriptor of tourism-induced changes at sandy beaches. Marine Environmental Research. 60(2): 245-265.
additional source	Timm, R. W.; Ameen, M. (1960). Nematodes Associated With Commercial Crops In East Pakistan. Agriculture Pakistan. 11 (3) : 1-9.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Aboul-Eid, H. Z. (1969). Histological anatomy of the excretory and reproductive systems of Longidorus macrostoma. Nematologica. 15: 437-450.
additional source	Gheskiere, T.; Vincx, M.; Urban-Malinga, B.; Rossano, C.; Scapini, F.; Degraer, S. (2005). Nematodes from wave-dominated sandy beaches: diversity, zonation patterns and testing of the isocommunities concept. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 62(1-2): 365-375.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Aporcelaimus Thorne & Swanger, 1936. 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:231713

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Aporcelaimus Thorne & Swanger, 1936. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c62b5c56-c08a-4441-9389-a0352a9f7a54