Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Ironina > Superfamily Ironoidea > Family Leptosomatidae > Subfamily Leptosomatinae > Genus Leptosomatum

Leptosomatum punctatum (Eberth, 1863) Bastian, 1865

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptosomatum*	Bastian, 1865	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phanoglene punctata*	Eberth, 1863	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)
new combination reference	Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.
ecology source	Eberth, C. J. (1863). Untersuchungen über Nematoden. Book: Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. 1-77.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Leptosomatum punctatum (Eberth, 1863) Bastian, 1865. 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:121959