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

Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmodorella*	Cobb, 1933	accepted genus name
*Desmodorella bullata*	(Steiner, 1916) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998	taxonomically included in
*Desmodorella hirsuta*	(Chitwood, 1936) Verschelde et al., 1998	taxonomically included in
*Desmodorella sanguinea*	(Southern, 1914) Verschelde et al., 1998	taxonomically included in
*Desmodorella schulzi*	(Gerlach, 1950) Verschelde et al., 1998	taxonomically included in
*Desmodorella tenuispiculum*	(Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963	taxonomically included in
*Desmodora (Desmodorella)*	Cobb, 1933	synonym

Species group names

*Desmodora (Desmodorella) cephalata*	Cobb, 1933	synonym
*Desmodora cephalata*	(Cobb, 1933)	synonym
*Desmodora tenuispiculum*	Allgén, 1928	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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	Yeates, G. W. (2010). Phylum Nematoda: roundworms, eelworms. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 480-493.
additional source	Leduc, D.; Gwyther, J. (2008). Description of new species of Setosabatieria and Desmolaimus (Nematoda: Monhysterida) and a checklist of New Zealand free-living marine nematode species. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 42(3): 339-362.
identification resource	Ingels, J.; Vanhove, S.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). The biodiversity and biogeography of the free-living nematode genera Desmodora and Desmodorella (family Desmodoridae) at both sides of the Scotia Arc. Polar Biology. 29(11): 936-949.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963. 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:230286