Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Monhysterina > Superfamily Sphaerolaimoidea > Family Xyalidae > Genus Metadesmolaimus

Metadesmolaimus gaelicus Platt, 1983

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metadesmolaimus*	Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Platt, H. M. (1983). New species of Metadesmolaimus and Stephanolaimus (Nematoda: Chromadoria) from Northern Ireland with reviews of the genera. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 78: 363-373.
basis of record	Soetaert, K., M. Vincx, J. Wittoeck, M. Tulkens & D. Van Gansbeke. (1994). Spatial patterns of Westerschelde meiobenthos. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 39:367-388.
taxonomy source	Tchesunov, A. V.; Miljutin, D. M. (2006). Three new free-living nematode species (Monhysterida) from the Arctic abyss, with revision of the genus Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922 (Linhomoeidae). Russian Journal of Nematology. 14(1): 57-75.
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	Guo, Y; Chen, Y.; Liu, M. (2016). Metadesmolaimus zhanggi sp. nov. (Nematoda: Xyalidae) from East China Sea, with a pictorial key to Metadesmolaimus species. Cah. Biol. Mar. 57: 73-79.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Metadesmolaimus gaelicus Platt, 1983. 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:153156