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

Xyala riemanni Boucher & Helléouët, 1977

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Xyala*	Cobb, 1920	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Boucher, G.; Helléouët, M.-N. (1977). Nématodes des sables fins infralittoraux de la Pierre Noire (Manche occidentale). III. Araeolaimida et Monhysterida. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris. 427: 85-122.
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	Vincx, M.; Furstenberg, J. P. (1988). Three new Xyalidae species (Nematoda) from South Africa, with a redefinition of the genus Xyala Cobb, 1920. Cah. Biol. Mar. 29: 497-512.
additional source	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.
additional source	Jensen, P. (1986). The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. II. Monhysterida. Zoologica Scripta. 15(1): 1-11.
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.
additional source	De Jesús-Navarrete, A. (2007). Nematodos de los arrecifes de Isla Mujeres y Banco Chinchorro, Quintana Roo, México. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 42(2): 193 – 200.
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.
ecology source	Taheri, M.; Braeckman, U.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2014). Effect of short-term hypoxia on marine nematode community structure and vertical distribution pattern in three different sediment types of the North Sea. Marine Environmental Research. 99: 149-159.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Xyala riemanni Boucher & Helléouët, 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:121646