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

Molgolaimus turgofrons (Lorenzen, 1971) Jensen, 1978

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Molgolaimus*	Ditlevsen, 1921	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Microlaimus turgofrons*	Lorenzen, 1971	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Coomans, A. V. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.]. In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium. 43-56.
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	Leduc, D.; Fu, S.; Zhao, Z. Q. (2019). New nematode species from the continental slope of New Zealand (Chromadorea, Microlaimida, and Chromadorida), and unexpected placement of the genus Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921. Marine Biodiversity. 49(5): 2267-2280.
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	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
additional source	Fonseca, G.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2006). Taxonomy and biogeography of Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921 (Nematoda: Chromadoria) with reference to the origins of deep sea nematodes. Antarctic Science. 18(01): 23-50.
new combination reference	Jensen, P. (1978). Revision of Microlaimidae, Erection of Molgolaimidae fam.n., and Remarks on the Systematic Position of Paramicrolaimus (Nematoda, Desmodorida). Zoologica Scripta. 7(1-4): 159-173.
taxonomy source	Portnova, D. (2009). Free-living nematodes from the deep-sea Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano, including the description of two new and three known species. Zootaxa. 2096: 197–213.
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	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. (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.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Molgolaimus turgofrons (Lorenzen, 1971) Jensen, 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:153142