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 oxyuris Ditlevsen, 1911

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	Ditlevsen, H. (1911). Danish free-living nematodes. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren. 63: 213-256.
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	Moens, T.; Vincx, M. (2000). Temperature and salinity constraints on the life cycle of two brackish-water nematode species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 243(1): 115-135.
additional source	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.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1954). Die freilebenden Nematoden der schleswig-holsteinischen Küsten. Schr. naturw. Ver. Schlesw.-Holst. 27: 44-69.
additional source	Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2008). Nematodes from sandy beaches of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biociências, Porto Alegre. 16 (2), 92-103.
additional source	Vanreusel, A. (1990). Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes from the Voordelta (Southern Bight of the North Sea). I. Species composition and structure of the nematode communities. Cah. Biol. mar. 31: 439-462.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1942). Les nématodes libres marins du Bassin de Chasse d'Ostende [The free-living nematods of the Sluice Dock at Ostend]. Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 18(12): 1-26.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Marine Nematoden von der Kongo-Mündung. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 33 (28): 1-16.
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	Schneider, G. (1927). Dritter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Brackwassernematoden Finnlands. Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 56 (10): 1-24.
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	Ditlevsen, H. (1919). Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren. 70(7): 147-214.
additional source	Timm, R. W. (1954). An Abnormality of Oncholaimus marinus (Nematoda: Oncholaiminae). Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 21 (1): 36.
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	Coomans, A. V.; Verschuren, D.; Vanderhaeghen, R. (1988). The demanian system, traumatic insemination and reproductive strategy in Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen (Nematoda, Oncholaimina). Zoologica Scripta. 17 (1): 15-23.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1929). Südschwedische marine Nematoden. Göteborgs K. Vetens- och Vitterh Samh. Handl. 1 B (2): 1-40.
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	Lorenzen, S. (1969). Freilebende Meeresnematoden aus dem Schlickwatt und den Salzwiesen der Nordseeküste. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. XI: 195-238.
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.
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.
identification resource	Allgén, C. A. (1927). Über einige freilebende marine Nematoden von der schwedischen Küste des Öresund. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 73: 49-58.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen, 1911. 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:122177