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 viridis Bastian, 1865

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	Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.
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	Ditlevsen, H. (1919). Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren. 70(7): 147-214.
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	Allgén, C. A. (1927). Freilebende marine Nematoden von den Campbell- und Staten-Inseln. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 66: 249-309.
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	Allgén, C. A. (1947). West American Marine Nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXV). Vidensk. Medd. fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 110: 65-219.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1950). The freeliving marine nemas of the Mediterranean: I. The Bay of Villefranche. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, deuxième série = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Bruxelles. 2(37): 1-220.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1959). Über einige, meistens neue, freilebende marine Nematoden aus dem Feuerland-Archipel (Schwedische Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903). Zoologischer Anzeiger. Bd. 163, Heft 7/8: 222-243.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1953). Revision der freilebenden marinen Nematoden aus der Umgebung der Staatlichen Zoologischen Station Kristineberg an der Westküste Schwedens. Zoologische Jahrbucher (Systematik). 81: 548-603.
additional source	Yeates, G. W. (2010). Phylum Nematoda: roundworms, eelworms. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 480-493.
additional source	Ditlevsen, H. (1921). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensens Pacific Expedition 1914-16. III Marine free-living Nematodes from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 73: 1-39.
additional source	Leduc, D.; Gwyther, J. (2008). Description of new species of Setosabatieria and Desmolaimus (Nematoda: Monhysterida) and a checklist of New Zealand free-living marine nematode species. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 42(3): 339-362.
redescription	Allgén, C. A. (1927). Freilebende marine Nematoden von den Campbell- und Staten-Inseln. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 66: 249-309.
redescription	Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp.
taxonomy source	Leduc, D. (2009). Description of Oncholaimus moanae sp. nov. (Nematoda: Oncholaimidae), with notes on feeding ecology based on isotopic and fatty acid composition. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 89(2): 337-344.
ecology source	Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Oncholaimus viridis Bastian, 1865. 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:122187