Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Selachinematidae > Genus Cheironchus

Cheironchus vorax Cobb, 1917

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cheironchus*	Cobb, 1917	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Cobb, N. A. (1917). Notes on Nemas. Contrib. to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore). 5: 117-128.
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	Hope, W. D. (2009). Free-Living Marine Nematoda of the Gulf of Mexico. in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1111–1123.
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	De Coninck, L. A. (1942). De symmetrie-verhoudingen aan het vooreinde der (vrijlevende) Nematoden. Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift. 24 (2-4): 29-68.
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.
taxonomy source	Castillo-Fernandez, D.; Decraemer, W. (1993). Cheironchus paravorax n. sp. and Cheironchus vorax Cobb, 1917 from the Campeche Sound, an oil production zone in the Gulf of Mexico (Nemata: Selachinematidae). Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cheironchus vorax Cobb, 1917. 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:120923