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

Epacanthion murmanicum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Inglis, 1966

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epacanthion*	Wieser, 1953	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hyalacanthion murmanicum*	Ssaevljev, 1912	synonym

Literature

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	Guilherme, B.C.; Da Silva M.C.; Esteves, A.M. (2009). Description of a new species of Epacanthion (Thoracostomopsidae, Nematoda) from Brazil and a modified key for species identification. Zootaxa. 2096: 99-108.
additional source	Wieser, W. (1959). Free-living nematodes and other small invertebrates of Puget Sound beaches. University of Washington Publications in Biology (University of Washington Press, Seattle). 19:1-179, figs. 1-109, pls. 1-96.
ecology source	Ssaweljev, S. (1912). Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Nematoden des Kolafjords und des Relictensee Mogilnoje. Travaux de la Société (Impériales) des Naturalistes de Saint-Petersbourg. 42(2-3): 108-126.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Epacanthion murmanicum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Inglis, 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:121876