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 labiosus Lorenzen, 1969

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	Lorenzen, S. (1969). Desmoscoleciden (eine Gruppe freilebender Meeresnematoden) aus Küstensalzwiesen. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 12: 231-265.
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	Miljutin, D. M.; Gad, G.; Miljutina, M. M.; Mokievsky, V. O.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Esteves, A. M. (2010). The state of knowledge on deep-sea nematode taxonomy: how many valid species are known down there?. Marine Biodiversity. 40(3): 143-159.
additional source	Decraemer, W. (1979). Taxonomic problems within the Desmoscolecida (Nematoda). Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 9-16.
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	Timm, R. W. (1978). Marine nematodes of the order Desmoscolecida from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Biology of the Antarctic Seas VI-Antarctic Res. Ser. 26: 225-236.
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	Vermeeren, H. (2002). Biogeografie van Antarctische diepzeenematoden: species turn-over in dominante genera van de familie Chromadoridae. Licentiaatsthesis UGent Faculteit Wetenschappen Academiejaar 2001-2002.
taxonomy source	Timm, R. W. (1970). A revision of the nematoda order Desmoscolecida Filipjev, 1929. University of California Press. 93: 1-115.
identification resource	Decraemer, W. (1976). The cuticular structure in Desmoscolex with description of D. spinosus sp.n. and redescription of D. michaelseni Steiner, 1916 (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida). Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 44: 123-134.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex labiosus Lorenzen, 1969. 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:121124

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Desmoscolex labiosus Lorenzen, 1969. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/40f428ec-f48a-4cf8-9917-3110f2a5720c