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

Dracognomus simplex (Gerlach, 1954) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dracognomus*	Allen & Noffsinger, 1978	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Draconema simplex*	(Gerlach, 1954)	synonym
*Drepanonema simplex*	Gerlach, 1954	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	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	Gheskiere, T.; Vincx, M.; Urban-Malinga, B.; Rossano, C.; Scapini, F.; Degraer, S. (2005). Nematodes from wave-dominated sandy beaches: diversity, zonation patterns and testing of the isocommunities concept. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 62(1-2): 365-375.
redescription	Karssen, G.; Van Aelst, A. C. (2002). SEM Observations on the Marine Nematode Dracognomus simplex (Gerlach, 1954) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 (Draconematidae: Prochaetosomatinae). Journal of Nematology. 34(4): 303-311.
new combination reference	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.
taxonomy source	Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Postembryonic morphology in Epsilonematidae, with a discussion on the variability of caudal gland outlets. Journal of Nematology. 97-118.
ecology source	Gerlach, S. A. (1954). Nouveaux Nématodes libres des eaux souterraines littorales françaises. Vie Milieu. 4: 95-110.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Dracognomus simplex (Gerlach, 1954) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978. 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:121055