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 attenuatus Dujardin, 1845

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Dujardin, F. (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret. Paris. xvi + 654 + 15 pp., pls. 1-12.
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	Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2006). New species of free-living marine nematodes from the Yellow Sea, China. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86, 271-281.
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	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)
ecology 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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Oncholaimus attenuatus Dujardin, 1845. 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:122164