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

Aponema torosum (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aponema*	Jensen, 1978	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Aponema torosus*	(Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978	orthographic variant
*Microlaimus torosus*	Lorenzen, 1973	synonym

Literature

additional source	Semprucci, F. & Balsamo, M. (2015). Checklist of free–living nematode species in the transitional environment of Lake Varano (Southern Italy). Arxius de Miscellània Zoològica. 13: 32–46.
additional source	Kovalyev, S. V.; Miljutina, M. A. (2009). A review of the genus Aponema Jensen, 1978 (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) with description of three new species. Zootaxa. 2077: 56–68.
additional source	Leduc, D.; Fu, S.; Zhao, Z. Q. (2019). New nematode species from the continental slope of New Zealand (Chromadorea, Microlaimida, and Chromadorida), and unexpected placement of the genus Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921. Marine Biodiversity. 49(5): 2267-2280.
additional source	Pastor de Ward, C. T. (1980). Aponema papillatum sp.nov., a new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Ria Deseado (Santa Cruz, Argentina). [Aponema papillatum sp. nov., nueva especie de nematode marino de puerto deseado, (Santa Cruz, Argentina)]. Centro de Investigacion de Biologia Marina Contribucion Cientifica. 160: 1-11.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Aponema torosum (Lorenzen, 1973) Jensen, 1978. 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:584245