Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Desmoscolecidae > Subfamily Desmoscolecinae > Tribe Desmoscolecini > Genus Desmoscolex

Desmoscolex americanus Chitwood, 1936

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmoscolex*	Claparède, 1863	accepted genus name
*Eudesmoscolex*	Steiner, 1916	synonym
*Eutricoma*	Allgén, 1939	synonym

Literature

original description	Chitwood, B. G. (1936). Some marine nematodes from North Carolina. Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 3(1): 1-16.
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	Vermeeren, H. (2002). Biogeografie van Antarctische diepzeenematoden: species turn-over in dominante genera van de familie Chromadoridae. Licentiaatsthesis UGent Faculteit Wetenschappen Academiejaar 2001-2002.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Decraemer, W. (1975). Scientific report on the Belgian expedition to the great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes I : Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida) from yonge reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island with general characteristics of the Genus Desmoscolex. Annales de la Société royale Zoologique de Belgique. 104, 105-130.
additional source	Hope, W. D. (2009). Free-Living Marine Nematoda of the Gulf of Mexico. in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1111–1123.
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)

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex americanus Chitwood, 1936. 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:121114