Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Rhabditina > Infraorder Rhabditomorpha > Superfamily Rhabditoidea > Family Rhabditidae > Subfamily Rhabditinae > Genus Litoditis

Litoditis marina (Bastian, 1865) Sudhaus, 2011

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Litoditis*	Sudhaus, 2011	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pellioditis marina*	(Bastian, 1865) Andrássy, 1983	synonym
*Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina*	(Bastian, 1865) Dougherty, 1955	synonym
*Rhabditis marina*	Bastian, 1865	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Sudhaus, W. (2011). Phylogenetic systematisation and catalogue of paraphyletic "Rhabditidae" (Secernentea, Nematoda). Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics. 14(2): 113-178.
additional source	De Meester, N.; Gingold, R.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2016). Cryptic diversity and ecosystem functioning: a complex tale of differential effects on decomposition. Oecologia. 182(2): 559-571.
additional source	Kito, K. (1981). Studies on the free-living marine nematodes from Hokkaido, IV. Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool. 22 (3): 250-278.
additional source	Grosemans, T.; Morris, K.; Thomas, W. K.; Rigaux, A.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2016). Mitogenomics reveals high synteny and long evolutionary histories of sympatric cryptic nematode species. Ecology and Evolution. 6(6): 1854-1870.
additional source	Derycke, S.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Creer, S.; Bik, H.; Thomas, W. K.; Moens, T. (2016). Coexisting cryptic species of theLitoditis marinacomplex (Nematoda) show differential resource use and have distinct microbiomes with high intraspecific variability. Molecular Ecology. 25(9): 2093-2110.
taxonomy source	Andrássy, I. (1983). A taxonomic review of the suborder Rhabditina (Nematoda: Secernentea). ORSTOM.
ecology source	Macheriotou, L.; Braeckman, B. P.; Rigaux, A.; De Meester, N.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2015). Intraspecific functional trait variability does not result in higher fitness under thermal stress in a free-living marine nematode. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 472: 14-23.
ecology source	De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; Moens, T. (2015). Temperature and salinity induce differential responses in life histories of cryptic nematode species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 472: 54-62.
ecology source	De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; Moens, T. (2014). Active dispersal is differentially affected by inter- and intraspecific competition in closely related nematode species. Oikos. 124(5): 561-570.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Litoditis marina (Bastian, 1865) Sudhaus, 2011. 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:760681