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

Metadesmolaimus heteroclitus Lorenzen, 1971

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metadesmolaimus*	Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935	accepted genus name

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	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	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)
identification resource	Guo, Y; Chen, Y.; Liu, M. (2016). Metadesmolaimus zhanggi sp. nov. (Nematoda: Xyalidae) from East China Sea, with a pictorial key to Metadesmolaimus species. Cah. Biol. Mar. 57: 73-79.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Metadesmolaimus heteroclitus 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:121574