Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea > Family Draconematidae > Genus Draconema

Draconema claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1918

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Draconema*	Cobb, 1913	accepted genus name
*Chaetosoma*	Claparède, 1863	synonym
*Drepanonema*	Cobb, 1933	synonym
*Tristicochaeta*	Panceri, 1878	synonym

Species group names

*Chaetosoma armatum*	Giard & Barrois, 1874	synonym
*Chaetosoma claparedii*	Metschnikoff, 1867	synonym
*Chaetosoma hibernicum*	Southern, 1914	synonym
*Chaetosoma macrocephalum*	Schepotieff, 1907	synonym
*Draconema armatum*	(Giard & Barrois, 1874) Filipjev, 1918	synonym
*Draconema hibernicum*	(Southern, 1914) Kress, 1937	synonym
*Draconema macrocephalum*	(Schepotieff, 1907) Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1935	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	Hope, W. D.; Murphy, D. G. (1972). A taxonomic hierarchy and checklist of the genera and higher taxa of marine nematodes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 137: 1-101.
additional source	Venekey, V.; Lage, L. M.; Da Fonseca-Genevois, V. (2005). Draconema brasiliensis and Draconema fluminensis (Chromadorida,Draconematidae): two new species of free living nematodes from a rocky shore affected by upwelling on the Brazilian coast. Zootaxa. 1090: 51–64.
new combination reference	Filipjev, I. N. (1918). Free-living marine nematodes of the Sevastopol area. Transactions of the Zoological Laboratory and the Sevastopol Biological Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Series II No 4 (Issue I & II) (Translated from Russian).
taxonomy source	Cobb, N. A. (1929). The ambulatory tube and other features of the nema Draconema cephalatum. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19 (**): 255-260, (reprinted in Contrib. to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 22: 413-418).
ecology source	Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2008). Walking with worms: coral-associated epifaunal nematodes. Journal of Biogeography. 35(12): 2207-2222.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Draconema claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1918. 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:121043