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

Theristus meyli Riemann, 1966

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Theristus*	Bastian, 1865	accepted genus name
*Penzancia*	de Man, 1889	synonym
*Theristus (Penzancia)*	de Man, 1889	synonym

Literature

original description	Riemann, F. (1966). Die interstitielle Fauna im Elbe-Aestuar. Verbreitung und Systematik. [The interstitial fauna in the Elbe estuary. Distribution and systematics]. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. Suppl. XXXI. 1/2: 1-279.
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.
identification resource	Jensen, P. (1995). Theristus (Penzancia) anoxybioticus n. sp. (Nematoda: Xyalidae) from sublittoral methane seepages in the northern Kattegat, Denmark. Journal of Nematology. 27 (2): 231-236.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Theristus meyli Riemann, 1966. 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:121624