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

Daptonema microspiculum (Gerlach, 1953) 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 microspiculum*	Gerlach, 1953	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	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)
taxonomy source	Tchesunov, A. V.; Miljutin, D. M. (2006). Three new free-living nematode species (Monhysterida) from the Arctic abyss, with revision of the genus Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922 (Linhomoeidae). Russian Journal of Nematology. 14(1): 57-75.
ecology source	Gerlach, S. A. (1953). Die Nematodenbesiedlung des Sandstrandes und des Küstengrundwassers an der italienischen Küste I. Systematischer Teil. Archo zool. ital. 37: 517-640.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Daptonema microspiculum (Gerlach, 1953) 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:121538