Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Chromadoridae > Subfamily Hypodontolaiminae > Genus Dichromadora

Dichromadora geophila (de Man, 1876) Kreis, 1929

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dichromadora*	Kreis, 1929	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spilophora geophila*	de Man, 1876	synonym

Literature

basis of record	De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. 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. 161-174.
additional 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.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1965). Freilebende Meeresnematoden aus der Gezeitenzone von Spitzbergen. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven. 9: 109-172.
additional source	Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 29, 497-508.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Marine Nematoden aus dem Mangrove-Gebiet von Cananéia (Brasilianische Meeres-Nematoden III). Abh. math.-naturw. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Mainz. 5: 129-176.
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
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	Gerlach, S. A. (1954). Die freilebenden Nematoden der schleswig-holsteinischen Küsten. Schr. naturw. Ver. Schlesw.-Holst. 27: 44-69.
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	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1935). Freeliving Marine Nemas of the Belgian Coast. I. and II. Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. 72: 1-36.
additional source	Vermeeren, H. (2002). Biogeografie van Antarctische diepzeenematoden: species turn-over in dominante genera van de familie Chromadoridae. Licentiaatsthesis UGent Faculteit Wetenschappen Academiejaar 2001-2002.
additional source	De Jesús-Navarrete, A. (2007). Nematodos de los arrecifes de Isla Mujeres y Banco Chinchorro, Quintana Roo, México. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 42(2): 193 – 200.
redescription	Gerlach, S. A. (1951). Nematoden aus der Famìlie der Chromadoridae von den deutschen Küsten. Kieler Meeresforsch. 8 (1): 106-132.
new combination reference	Kreis, H. A. (1929). Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Nordwest-Küste Frankreichs (Trébeurden Côtes du Nord). Capita Zoologica. II, 7: 1-98.
ecology source	Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. Hydrobiologia. 311: 185-206.
identification resource	Muthumbi, A. W.; Vincx, M. (1998). Chromadoridae (Chromadorida: Nematoda) from the Indian Ocean: Description of new and known species. Hydrobiologia. 364: 119-153.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Dichromadora geophila (de Man, 1876) Kreis, 1929. 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:120764

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Dichromadora geophila (de Man, 1876) Kreis, 1929. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6479b436-af59-4d4e-b99d-2f866b4922b2