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

Draconema ophicephalum (Claparède, 1863) 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 ophicephalum*	Claparède, 1863	synonym
*Draconema micoletzkyi*	Kreis, 1928	synonym
*Draconema ponticum*	Filipjev, 1918	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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.
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.
redescription	Fedyaeva, M. A.; Neretina, T. V.; Konovalova, O. P.; Tchesunov, A. V. (2016). Two known and one new species of Draconematidae and Epsilonematida (Nematoda, Desmodorida) from the White Sea, North Russia. Zootaxa. 4121(4): 383.
taxonomy source	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	Allen, M. W.; Noffsinger, E. M. (1978). A revision of the marine nematodes of the superfamily Draconematoidea Filipjev, 1918 (Nematoda: Draconematina). University of California Publications in Zoology. Volume 109, 133 pgs.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Draconema ophicephalum (Claparède, 1863) 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:121049