Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Linhomoeina > Superfamily Siphonolaimoidea > Family Linhomoeidae > Subfamily Desmolaiminae > Genus Terschellingia

Terschellingia communis de Man, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Terschellingia*	de Man, 1888	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Terschellingia parva*	Vitiello, 1969	synonym

Literature

original description	de Man, J. G. (1888). Sur quelques nématodes libres de la mer du Nord, nouveaux ou peu connus. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 1-51.
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	Mahmoudi, E.; Essid, N.; Beyrem, H.; Hedfi, A.; Boufahdja, F.; Aïssa, P.; Vitiello, P. (2008). Mussel-farming effects on Mediterranean benthic nematode communities. Nematology. 10 (3): 323-333.
additional source	de Man, J. G. (1907). Sur quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de nématodes libres vivant sur les côtes de la Zélande. Tijdschrift Der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 10: 227-244.
additional source	Steyaert, M.; Moodley, L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vandewiele, S.; Vincx, M. (2005). Laboratory experiments on the infaunal activity of intertidal nematodes. Hydrobiologia. 540(1-3): 217-223.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1942). Les nématodes libres marins du Bassin de Chasse d'Ostende [The free-living nematods of the Sluice Dock at Ostend]. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 18(12): 1-26.
additional source	Timm, R. W. (1954). A survey of the marine nematodes of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. The Catholic University of America, Biological Studies. 23: 70pp - A dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
additional source	Austen, M. C.; Widdicombe, S. (1998). Experimental evidence of effects of the heart urchin Brissopsis lyrifera on associated subtidal meiobenthic nematode communities. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 222: 219-238.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Kreis, H. A. (1929). Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Nordwest-Küste Frankreichs (Trébeurden Côtes du Nord). Capita Zoologica. II, 7: 1-98.
additional source	Warwick, R. M. (1971). Nematode associations in the Exe estuary. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 51: 439-454.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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)
additional source	Venekey, V.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Santos, P. J. P. (2010). Biodiversity of free-living marine nematodes on the coast of Brazil: a review. Zootaxa. 2568: 39–66.
source of synonymy	Gerlach, S. A. (1963). Über freilebende Meeresnematoden. Revision der Linhomoeidae. Zool. Jb. Syst. Bd. 90: 599-658.
taxonomy source	Armenteros, M.; Ruiz-Abierno, A.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2009). A morphometric analysis of the genus Terschellingia (Nematoda: Linhomoeidae) with redefinition of the genus and key to the species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 89(6): 1257-1267.
ecology source	Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. Hydrobiologia. 311: 185-206.
identification resource	Wang, CM ; An, LG & Huang, Y. (2017). Two new species of Terschellingia (Nematoda: Monhysterida: Linhomoeidae) from the East China Sea. CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE. Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Pages: 33-41.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Terschellingia communis de Man, 1888. 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:121677