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

Oncholaimus scanicus (Allgén, 1935) Wieser, 1953

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oncholaimus*	Dujardin, 1845	accepted genus name
*Oncholaimium*	Cobb, 1930	synonym

Species group names

*Metoncholaimus scanicus*	(Allgén, 1935)	synonym
*Viscosia scanica*	Allgén, 1935	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)
redescription	Tchesunov, A. V. (2015). Free-living nematode species (Nematoda) dwelling in hydrothermal sites of the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Helgoland Marine Research. 69(4): 343-384.
identification resource	Wieser, W. (1953). Reports of the Lund University Chile expedition 1948-1949: 1. Enoploidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, N. F. 49(6): 1-155.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Oncholaimus scanicus (Allgén, 1935) 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:122179