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

Mesacanthion audax (Ditlevsen, 1918) Filipjev, 1927

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesacanthion*	Filipjev, 1927	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Enoplolaimus audax*	Ditlevsen, 1918	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	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
new combination reference	Filipjev, I. N. (1927). Les Nématodes libres des mers septentrionales appartenant a la famille des Enoplidae. Arch. Naturgesch. 91 A (6): 1-216.
ecology source	Ditlevsen, H. (1919). Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren. 70(7): 147-214.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Mesacanthion audax (Ditlevsen, 1918) Filipjev, 1927. 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:121886