Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea > Family Desmodoridae > Subfamily Desmodorinae > Genus Acanthopharynx

Acanthopharynx micans (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthopharynx*	Marion, 1870	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Odontobius micans*	Eberth, 1863	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	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1950). The freeliving marine nemas of the Mediterranean: I. The Bay of Villefranche. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, deuxième série = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Bruxelles. 2(37): 1-220.
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)
redescription	Tchesunov, A.; Rodríguez García, P.; Simakova, U.; Mokievsky, V. (2023). Acanthopharynx Marine Nematodes (Nematoda, Chromadoria, Desmodoridae) Dwelling in Tropical Demosponges: Integrative Taxonomy with Description of a New Species †. Diversity. 15(1): 48.
new combination reference	Marion, A.-F. (1870). Additions aux recherches sur des Nématoides libres du Golfe de Marseille. Annales des Sciences naturelles. 14(1): 1-16.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Acanthopharynx micans (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870. 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:120956