Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Ironina > Superfamily Ironoidea > Family Oxystominidae > Subfamily Halalaiminae > Genus Halalaimus

Halalaimus gracilis de Man, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halalaimus*	de Man, 1888	accepted genus name
*Acoma*	Steiner, 1916	synonym
*Nuada*	Southern, 1914	synonym
*Tycnodora*	Cobb, 1920	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	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1954). IX. Vrijlevende Nematoden. Veranderingen in de Flora en Fauna van de Zuiderzee (thans Ijsselmeer) na de afsluiting in 1932. 169-185.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Keppner, E. J. (1992). Eleven new species of free-living marine nematodes of the genus Halalaimus De Man, 1888 (Nematoda:Enoplida) from Florida with keys to the species. Gulf Research Reports. 8 (4), 333-362.
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	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.
additional source	Lorenzen, S. (1969). Freilebende Meeresnematoden aus dem Schlickwatt und den Salzwiesen der Nordseeküste. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. XI: 195-238.
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	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1946). Freilebende marine Nematoden des Skagerraks und der Umgebung von Stocklholm. Arkiv för Zoologi. Band 37 A, No 16: 1-91.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1954). Die freilebenden Nematoden der schleswig-holsteinischen Küsten. Schr. naturw. Ver. Schlesw.-Holst. 27: 44-69.
additional source	Timm, R. W. (1952). A survey of the marine nematodes of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory 95. 95: 1-70.
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	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	Allgén, C. A. (1951). Pacific Freeliving Marine Nematodes. (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXVI). Vidensk. Meddr. fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 113: 263-411.
additional source	Ahmed, A., Mohammed, D.E. & Hanafy, M.,. (2011). Distribution and species composition of the littoral interstiticial free living nematodes in the northern Red Sea, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries. 15(2), pp.159-177.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1947). West American Marine Nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXV). Vidensk. Medd. fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 110: 65-219.
additional source	Micoletzky, H. (1924). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis freilebender Nematoden aus Suez. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. (I), 132: 225-262.
additional source	Alkemade, R., Wielemaker, A. and Hemminga, M.A. (1993). Correlation between nematode abundance and decomposition rate of Spartina anglica leaves. Marine Ecology-Progress Series. 99, pp.293-293.
redescription	de Man, J. G. (1922). Vrijlevende Nematoden. In: H. C. Redeke (Ed.), Flora en Fauna der Zuiderzee, Te Helder (C. de Boer). 214-261.
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	Bhadury, P.; Mondal, N.; Ansari, K. G. M. T.; Philip, P.; Pitale, R.; Prasade, A.; Nagale, P.; Apte, D. (2015). Checklist of free-living marine nematodes from intertidal sites along the central west coast of India. Check List. 11(2): 1605.
identification resource	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1935). Nematoda: Systematischer Teil, Nematoda errantia. Grimpe, G. and E. Wagler, Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee (Leipzig 1935). V b: 1-173.
identification resource	Timm, R. W. (1952). A survey of the marine nematodes of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory 95. 95: 1-70.
identification resource	Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp.
identification resource	Micoletzky, H. (1924). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis freilebender Nematoden aus Suez. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. (I), 132: 225-262.
identification resource	Pastor de Ward, Catalina T. (1998). Free-Living Marine Nematodes from Deseado River Estuary (Ironoidea: Oxystominidae), Santa Cruz, Argentina. XV. "Nematodes Marinos de vida libre (Ironoidea: Oxystominidae) de la Ria Deseado, Santa Cruz, Argentina. XV.". PHYSIS (Buenos Aires), Secc. A, 56(130-131): 1-6.
identification resource	Gerlach, S. A. (1967). Freilebende Meeres-Nematoden von den Sarso-Inseln (Rotes Meer). Meteor-Forschungsergebnisse (D). 2:19-43.
identification resource	Bresslau, E.; Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. (1940). Marine Freilebende Nematoda Aus Der Nordsee. Musée Royal D'Histoire Naturelle De Belgique. 1-74.
identification resource	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1950). The freeliving marine nemas of the Mediterranean: I. The Bay of Villefranche. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, deuxième série = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Bruxelles. 2(37): 1-220.
identification resource	Allgén, C. A. (1951). Pacific Freeliving Marine Nematodes. (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXVI). Vidensk. Meddr. fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 113: 263-411.
identification resource	Platt, H. M.; Warwick, R. M. (1983). Free-living marine nematodes part I, British enoplids: pictorial key to world genera and notes for the identification of British species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 28. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-25422-1. VII, 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Halalaimus gracilis 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:122009