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

Tricoma adelpha (Greeff, 1869)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tricoma*	Cobb, 1894	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Desmoscolex adelphus*	Greeff, 1869	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	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	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Tricoma adelpha (Greeff, 1869). 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:121164