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

Oxystomina alpha Chitwood, 1937

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oxystomina*	Filipjev, 1918	accepted genus name
*Oxystoma*	Bütschli, 1874	junior homonym
*Nemanemella*	Filipjev, 1927	synonym

Literature

original description	Chitwood, B. G. (1937). A new genus and ten new species of marine nematodes from North Carolina. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 4: 54-59.
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.
basis of record	Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Die Nematodenfauna des Sandstrandes an der Küste von Mittelbrasilien (Brasilianische Meerse-Nematoden IV). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 33 (2): 411-459.
basis of record	Gerlach, S. A. (1953). Der nematodenbesiedlung des Sandstrandes und des Küstengrundwassers an der italienischen Küste II, Ökologischer teil. Arch. Zool. Ital. Vol XL.
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	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.
redescription	Gerlach, S. A. (1953). Die Nematodenbesiedlung des Sandstrandes und des Küstengrundwassers an der italienischen Küste I. Systematischer Teil. Archo zool. ital. 37: 517-640.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Oxystomina alpha Chitwood, 1937. 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:122034