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

Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) Gerlach, 1963

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spirinia*	Gerlach, 1963	accepted genus name
*Spira*	Bastian, 1865	junior homonym
*Spirina*	Filipjev, 1918	synonym

Species group names

*Spira parasitifera*	Bastian, 1865	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	Vincx, M. (1989). Free-living marine nematodes from the southern bight of the North sea. Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België Academia Analecta. 51 (1): 39-70.
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.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Vitiello, P. (1976). Trois nouvelles espèces de Comesomatidae (Nematoda) des côtes de Provence. Tethys. 7 (2-3): 279-285.
additional source	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1931). Über parasitäre und andere Angriffe auf freilebende marine Nematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 92: 318-321.
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	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	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
additional source	Warwick, R. M. (1971). Nematode associations in the Exe estuary. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 51: 439-454.
additional source	Castro, F. J. V.; Bezerra, T. N. C.; Silva, M. C.; Fonseca-Genevois, V. (2006). Spirinia elongata, sp. nov. (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from Pina Basin, Pernambuco, Brazil. Zootaxa. 1121: 53-68.
additional source	Vanreusel, A. (1990). Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes from the Voordelta (Southern Bight of the North Sea). I. Species composition and structure of the nematode communities. Cah. Biol. mar. 31: 439-462.
additional source	Boyd, S. E.; Rees, H. L.; Richardson, C. A. (2000). Nematodes as Sensitive Indicators of Change at Dredged Material Disposal Sites. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 51: 805–819.
additional source	Da Silva, M. C.; De Castro, F. J. V.; Da Fonseca Cavalcanti, M.; Da Fonsêca-Genevo, V. (2009). Spirinia lara sp. n. and Spirinia sophia sp. n. (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from the Brazilian continental margin (Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro). Zootaxa. 2081: 31–45.
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	Blome D., Schleier U. , v. Bernem, K.-H. (1999). Analysis of the small-scale spatial patterns of free-living marine nematodes from tidal flats in the East Frisian Wadden Sea. Marine Biology. 133(4), 717-726.
additional source	Smol, N.; Willems, K. A.; Govaere, J. C. R.; Sandee, A. J. J. (1994). Composition, distribution and biomass of meiobenthos in the Oosterschelde estuary (SW Netherlands). Hydrobiologia. 282/283: 197-217.
redescription	Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp.
new combination reference	Gerlach, S. A. (1963). Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven II. Kieler Meeresforsch. 19: 67-103.
ecology source	Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.
ecology 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.
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.
ecology source	Vincx, M.; Gourbault, N. (1989). Desmodoridae from the Bay of Morlaix (Brittany) and the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff. 30(1): 103-11.
ecology source	Louati, H.; Said, O. B.; Soltani, A.; Cravo-Laureau, C.; Duran, R.; Aissa, P.; Mahmoudi, E.; Pringault, O. (2014). Responses of a free-living benthic marine nematode community to bioremediation of a PAH mixture. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(20): 15307-15318.
ecology source	Vincx, M. (1989). Seasonal fluctuations and production of nematode communities in the Belgian coastal zone of the North Sea. Verhandelingen van het symposium "Invertebraten van Belgie". 57-66.
ecology source	Vincx, M.; Meire, P.; Heip, C. (1990). The distribution of Nematodes communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Cah. Biol. Mar. 31:107-129.
identification resource	Allgén, C. A. (1934). Die Suctorien der Spirina parasitifera (Bastian). Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 7 (1): 118-120.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) 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:121027