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

Paramonohystera megacephala Steiner, 1916

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paramonohystera*	Steiner, 1916	accepted genus name
*Paramonhystera*	Steiner, 1916	synonym

Species group names

*Paramonhystera megacephala*	Wieser, 1956	synonym

Literature

original description	Steiner, G. (1916). Freilebende Nematoden aus der Barentssee. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 39: 511-664.
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)
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
redescription	Wieser, W. (1954). Free-living marine nematodes II. Chromadoroidea. Acta Univ. lund (N.F.2). 50 (16): 1-148.
redescription	Chen, G.; Vincx, M. (2000). New and litlle known Nematodes (Monhysterida, Nematoda) from the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel (Chile). Hydrobiologia. 429: 9-23.
status source	Filipjev, I. N. (1918). Free-living marine nematodes of the Sevastopol area. Transactions of the Zoological Laboratory and the Sevastopol Biological Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Series II No 4 (Issue I & II) (Translated from Russian).
status source	Venekey, V.; Gheller, P. F.; Maria, T. F.; Brustolin, M. C.; Kandratavicius, N.; Vieira, D. C.; Brito, S.; Souza, G. S.; Fonseca, G. (2014). The state of the art of Xyalidae (Nematoda, Monhysterida) with reference to the Brazilian records. Marine Biodiversity. 44(3): 367-390.
status source	Yu, T.; Xu, K. (2015). Two new nematodes, Pseudelzalia longiseta gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paramonohystera sinica sp. nov. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae), from sediment in the East China Sea. Journal of Natural History. 49(9-10): 509-526.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Paramonohystera megacephala Steiner, 1916. 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:121583