Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Desmoscolecidae > Subfamily Desmoscolecinae > Tribe Desmoscolecini > Genus Desmoscolex

Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) Freudenhammer, 1975

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmoscolex*	Claparède, 1863	accepted genus name
*Eudesmoscolex*	Steiner, 1916	synonym
*Eutricoma*	Allgén, 1939	synonym

Subgenus group names

*Desmolorenzenia*	Freudenhammer, 1975	synonym

Children

Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) crassicaudus Timm, 1970
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) eurycricus Filipjev, 1922
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) frontalis Gerlach, 1952
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) gourbaultae Decraemer, 1986
Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) vittatus Lorenzen, 1969

Literature

original description	Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-120, 18 plates.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex (Desmolorenzenia) Freudenhammer, 1975. 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:1294179