Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Monhysterina > Superfamily Sphaerolaimoidea > Family Xyalidae > Genus Daptonema

Daptonema elegans (Kreis, 1929) Lorenzen, 1977

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Daptonema*	Cobb, 1920	accepted genus name
*Cylindrotheristus*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Cylindrotheristus*	De Coninck, 1965	synonym
*Mesotheristus*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Mesotheristus*	Chitwood & Murphy, 1964	synonym
*Pseudotheristus*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Theristus (Cylindrotheristus)*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Theristus (Daptonema)*		synonym
*Trichotheristus*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Tubolaimus*	Allgén, 1929	synonym

Species group names

*Theristus elegans*	Kreis, 1929	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	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
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.
new combination reference	Lorenzen, S. (1977). Revision der Xyalidae (freilebende Nematoden) auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse von 56 Arten aus Nord- und Ostsee. Veroff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 16: 197-261.
ecology source	Kreis, H. A. (1929). Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Nordwest-Küste Frankreichs (Trébeurden Côtes du Nord). Capita Zoologica. II, 7: 1-98.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Daptonema elegans (Kreis, 1929) Lorenzen, 1977. 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:121528