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

Ammotheristus Lorenzen, 1977

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ammotheristus helgolandicus (Riemann, 1967) Lorenzen, 1977
Ammotheristus subtilis (Lorenzen, 1972) Lorenzen, 1977

Literature

original description	Lorenzen, S. (1977). Revision der Xyalidae (freilebende Nematoden) auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse von 56 Arten aus Nord- und Ostsee. Veroff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 16: 197-261.
basis of record	Free living Nematodes of the North Sea
additional source	Venekey, V.; Gheller, P. F.; Maria, T. F.; Brustolin, M. C.; Kandratavicius, N.; Vieira, D. C.; Brito, S.; Souza, G. S.; Fonseca, G. (2014). The state of the art of Xyalidae (Nematoda, Monhysterida) with reference to the Brazilian records. Marine Biodiversity. 44(3): 367-390.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Danovaro, R.; Dell'Anno, A.; Pusceddu, A. (2004). Biodiversity response to climate change in a warm deep sea. Ecology Letters. 7(9): 821-828.
additional source	Tchesunov, A. V.; Mokievsky, V. O. (2005). A review of the genus Amphimonhystera Allgen, 1929 (Monhysterida: Xyalidae, Marine Freeliving Nematodes) with description of three new species. Zootaxa. 1052: 1-20.
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	Dando, P. R.; Austen, M. C.; Burke, Jr. R. A.; Kendall, M. A.; Kennicutt, II M. C.; Judd, A. G.; Moore, D. C.; O'Hara, S. C. M.; Schmaljohann, R.; Southward, A. J. (1991). Ecology of a North Sea pockmark with an active methane seep. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 70: 49-63.
ecology source	Vanreusel, A., M. Vincx, D. Van Gansbeke & W. Gijselinck, W. (1992). Structural analysis of the meiobenthos communities of the shelf break area in two stations of the Gulf of Biscay (N.E. Atlantic). Belgian Journal of Zoology. 122(2):185-202.
ecology source	Ingels, J.; Vanhove, S.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). The biodiversity and biogeography of the free-living nematode genera Desmodora and Desmodorella (family Desmodoridae) at both sides of the Scotia Arc. Polar Biology. 29(11): 936-949.
ecology source	Raes, M.; De Troch, M.; Ndaro, S. G. M.; Muthumbi, A.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). The structuring role of microhabitat type in coral degradation zones: a case study with marine nematodes from Kenya and Zanzibar. Coral Reefs. 26 (1): 13-126.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ammotheristus Lorenzen, 1977. 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:153198