Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Araeolaimida > Superfamily Axonolaimoidea > Family Axonolaimidae > Genus Odontophora

Odontophora rectangula Lorenzen, 1971

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Odontophora*	Bütschli, 1874	accepted genus name
*Conolaimus*	Filipjev, 1918	synonym
*Trigonolaimus*	Ditlevsen, 1918	synonym

Literature

original description	Lorenzen, S. (1971). Die Nematodenfauna im Verklappungsgebiet für Industrieabwässer nordwestlich von Helgoland: I. Araeolaimida und Monhysterida. Zool. Anz. 187(3): 223-248.
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	Semprucci, F. (2013). Marine Nematodes from the Shallow Subtidal Coast of the Adriatic Sea: Species List and Distribution. International Journal of Biodiversity. 2013: 1-9.
additional source	Soetaert, K., M. Vincx, J. Wittoeck, M. Tulkens & D. Van Gansbeke. (1994). Spatial patterns of Westerschelde meiobenthos. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 39:367-388.
additional source	Vanreusel, A. (1990). Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes from the Voordelta (Southern Bight of the North Sea). I. Species composition and structure of the nematode communities. Cah. Biol. mar. 31: 439-462.
additional source	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
additional source	Blome D., Schleier U. , v. Bernem, K.-H. (1999). Analysis of the small-scale spatial patterns of free-living marine nematodes from tidal flats in the East Frisian Wadden Sea. Marine Biology. 133(4), 717-726.
additional source	Vanaverbeke, J.; Gheskiere, T.; Steyaert, M.; Vincx, M. (2002). Nematode assemblages from subtidal sandbanks in the Southern Bight of the North Sea: effect of small sedimentological differences. Journal of Sea Research. 48(3): 197-207.
additional source	Lorenzen, S. (1974). Die Nematodenfauna der sublitoralen Region der Deutschen Bucht, insbesondere im Titan-Abwassergebiet bei Helgoland. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 14: 305-327.
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	Gheskiere, T.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2003). Vrijlevende mariene nematoden, ongekende bewoners van het zandstrand ecosysteem. De Strandvlo. 23 : 58-67.
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	Van Laere, P. (2003). Mariene nematoden van de laagwaterlijn van het strand van De Panne: diversiteit en verticale distributie in het sediment. Lic. Thesis UGent. 66 pp.
taxonomy source	Meldal, B. H.; Debenham, N. J.; De Ley, P.; De Ley, I. T.; Vanfleteren, J. R.; Vierstraete, A. R.; Bert, W.; Borgonie, G.; Moens, T.; Tyler, P. A.; Austen, M. C.; Blaxter, M. L.; Rogers, A. D.; Lambshead, P. (2007). An improved molecular phylogeny of the Nematoda with special emphasis on marine taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42(3): 622-636.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Odontophora rectangula Lorenzen, 1971. 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:121333