Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Enoplina > Superfamily Enoploidea > Family Thoracostomopsidae > Subfamily Enoplolaiminae > Genus Enoplolaimus

Enoplolaimus litoralis Schulz, 1936

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Enoplolaimus*	de Man, 1893	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Schulz, E. (1936). Das Farbstreifen-Sandwatt und seine Fauna, eine ökologische-biozönologische Untersuchung an der Nordsee. [The colour-striped sand flats and its fauna, an ecological-biocenological study in the North Sea.]. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 1:359-378, figs. 1-20.
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	Van Laere, P. (2003). Mariene nematoden van de laagwaterlijn van het strand van De Panne: diversiteit en verticale distributie in het sediment. Lic. Thesis UGent. 66 pp.
additional source	Van de Velde, B. (2003). Evaluatie en opvolging van een strandverstoringsexperiment met behulp van mariene nematoden. Lic. Thesis UGent.
additional source	Warwick, R. M. (1971). Nematode associations in the Exe estuary. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 51: 439-454.
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	Gerlach, S. A. (1954). Die freilebenden Nematoden der schleswig-holsteinischen Küsten. Schr. naturw. Ver. Schlesw.-Holst. 27: 44-69.
additional source	Gheskiere, T.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2003). Vrijlevende mariene nematoden, ongekende bewoners van het zandstrand ecosysteem. De Strandvlo. 23 : 58-67.
additional source	Maria, T. F.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Esteves, A. M.; De Troch, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). The importance of biological interactions for the vertical distribution of nematodes in a temperate ultra-dissipative sandy beach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 97: 114-126.
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	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)
taxonomy source	Gerlach, S. A. (1953). Die Nematodenbesiedlung des Sandstrandes und des Küstengrundwassers an der italienischen Küste I. Systematischer Teil. Archo zool. ital. 37: 517-640.
ecology source	Vincx, M.; Heip, C.H.R. (1987). The use of meiobenthos in pollution monitoring studies: a review. CM Documents - ICES. (E33L:1166). ICES: [s.l.]. 18 pp.
ecology source	Maria, T. F.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Gingold, R.; Esteves, A. M.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). Tidal exposure or microhabitats: what determines sandy-beach nematode zonation? a case study of a macrotidal ridge-and-runnel sandy beach in Belgium. Marine Ecology. 34(2): 207-217.
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.
ecology source	Gheskiere, T., M. Vincx, J.M. Weslawski, F. Scapini & S. Degraer. (2005). Meiofauna as descriptor of tourism-induced changes at sandy beaches. Marine Environmental Research. 60(2): 245-265.
ecology source	Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). The effect of the dominant polychaete Scolelepis squamata on nematode colonisation in sandy beach sediments: An experimental approach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 94(3): 272-280.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Enoplolaimus litoralis Schulz, 1936. 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:121857