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

Desmodora pontica Filipjev, 1922

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmodora*	de Man, 1889	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Filipjev, I. N. (1922). Encore sur les Nématodes libres de la mer Noire. Tr. Stravrop. Skh. Inst. Zool. 1: 83-184.
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	Austen, M. C.; Widdicombe, S. (1998). Experimental evidence of effects of the heart urchin Brissopsis lyrifera on associated subtidal meiobenthic nematode communities. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 222: 219-238.
additional source	Lorenzen, S. (1974). Die Nematodenfauna der sublitoralen Region der Deutschen Bucht, insbesondere im Titan-Abwassergebiet bei Helgoland. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 14: 305-327.
additional source	Vitiello, P. (1974). Peuplements de nématodes marins des fonds envasés de Provence I. Sédiments vaseux de mode calme et vases terrigènes côtières. Annales de l'Institut ocanographique de Paris. 50 (2): 145-172.
additional source	Warwick, R. M.; Buchanan, J. B. (1970). The meiofauna off the coast of Northumberland. I. The structure of the nematode population. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 50: 129-146.
additional source	Schratzberger, M.; Wall, C. M.; Reynolds, W. J.; Reed, J.; Waldock, M. J. (2002). Effects of paint-derived tributyltin on structure of estuarine nematode assemblages in experimental microcosms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 272(2): 217-235.
additional source	Coomans, A. V. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.]. In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium. 43-56.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1943). Freilebende marine Nematoden des Mittelmeeres. IV. Freilebende marine Nematoden der Fischereigründe bei Alexandrien. Zool. Jb. (Syst.). 76 (4): 323-378.
redescription	Boucher, G. (1972). Redescription de neuf espèces de Nématodes libres marins de la baie de Banyuls-sur-Mer. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris. 40 (Zool. 34) (3): 449-474.
ecology source	Eguchi, E.; Waterman, T. H. (1973). Orthogonal microvillus pattern in the eigth rhabdomere of the rock crab Grapsus. Zeitschr. Zellforsch. mikrosk. Anat. 137: 145-147.
ecology source	Warwick, R. M. (1971). Nematode associations in the Exe estuary. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 51: 439-454.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmodora pontica Filipjev, 1922. 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:120977