Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Microlaimoidea > Family Microlaimidae > Genus Microlaimus

Microlaimus honestus De Man, 1922

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microlaimus*	de Man, 1880	accepted genus name
*Paracothonolaimus*	Schulz, 1932	synonym

Species group names

*Calomicrolaimus honestus*	(de Man, 1922) Jensen, 1978	synonym

Literature

original description	de Man, J. G. (1922). Neue freilebende Nematoden aus der Zuidersee. Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen. 2 (18): 124-134.
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	Allgén, C. A. (1932). Über eine neue Art des Genus Paroncholaimus Filipjev, P. donsi, von der Insel Röst (Lofoten-Archipel). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 97: 334-336.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1954). IX. Vrijlevende Nematoden. Veranderingen in de Flora en Fauna van de Zuiderzee (thans Ijsselmeer) na de afsluiting in 1932. 169-185.
additional source	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.
additional source	Semprucci, F. & Balsamo, M. (2015). Checklist of free–living nematode species in the transitional environment of Lake Varano (Southern Italy). Arxius de Miscellània Zoològica. 13: 32–46.
additional source	Warwick, R. M. (1971). Nematode associations in the Exe estuary. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 51: 439-454.
additional source	Meyl, A.H. (1954). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Nematodenfauna vulkanisch erhitzter Biotope. III. Mitteilung. Nematoden aus der Mischungszone strandnaher, heisser Süßwasserquellen mit dem Meerwasser auf der Insel Ischia. Z. Morph. Ökol., Tiere. 42: 421-448.
new combination reference	Kovalyev, V.; Tchesunov, A. V. (2005). Taxonomic review of microlaimids with description of five species from the white Sea (Nematoda: Chromadoria). Zoosystematica Rossica. 14(1): 1-16.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Microlaimus honestus De Man, 1922. 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:121082