Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Microlaimoidea > Family Microlaimidae > Genus Microlaimus

Microlaimus parahonestus Gerlach, 1950

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microlaimus*	de Man, 1880	accepted genus name
*Paracothonolaimus*	Schulz, 1932	synonym

Species group names

*Calomicrolaimus parahonestus*	(Gerlach, 1950) Jensen, 1978	synonym

Literature

original description	Gerlach, S. A. (1950). Die Nematoden-Gattung Microlaimus. Zool. Jb. (Syst.). 79: 188-208.
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	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.
new combination reference	Jensen, P. (1978). Revision of Microlaimidae, Erection of Molgolaimidae fam.n., and Remarks on the Systematic Position of Paramicrolaimus (Nematoda, Desmodorida). Zoologica Scripta. 7(1-4): 159-173.
new combination reference	Kovalyev, V.; Tchesunov, A. V. (2005). Taxonomic review of microlaimids with description of five species from the white Sea (Nematoda: Chromadoria). Zoosystematica Rossica. 14(1): 1-16.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Microlaimus parahonestus Gerlach, 1950. 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:121091