Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Oncholaimina > Superfamily Oncholaimoidea > Family Oncholaimidae > Subfamily Oncholaimellinae > Genus Viscosia

Viscosia abyssorum (Allgén, 1933) Wieser, 1953

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Viscosia*	de Man, 1890	accepted genus name
*Mononcholaimus*	Kreis, 1924	synonym

Species group names

*Oncholaimus abyssorum*	Allgén, 1933	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	Semprucci, F. (2013). Marine Nematodes from the Shallow Subtidal Coast of the Adriatic Sea: Species List and Distribution. International Journal of Biodiversity. 2013: 1-9.
additional source	Warwick, R. M.; Buchanan, J. B. (1970). The meiofauna off the coast of Northumberland. I. The structure of the nematode population. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 50: 129-146.
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)
redescription	Wieser, W. (1953). Reports of the Lund University Chile expedition 1948-1949: 1. Enoploidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, N. F. 49(6): 1-155.
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.
ecology source	Ansari, K. G. M. T.; Manokaran, S.; Raja, S.; Lyla, P. S.; Khan, S. A. (2013). Interaction of free-living marine nematodes in the artificial mangrove environment (southeast coast of India). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 186(1): 293-305.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Viscosia abyssorum (Allgén, 1933) Wieser, 1953. 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:122133