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

Microlaimus tenuispiculum de Man, 1922

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

*Molgolaimus demani*	Jensen, 1978	synonym

Literature

original description	de Man, J. G. (1922). Neue freilebende Nematoden aus der Zuidersee. Tijdschr. ned. dierk. Vereen. 2 (18): 124-134.
basis of record	Various Authors (2000). Nematode filing cabinet of the Marine Biology Section Ugent - in combination with the NemasLan Ms-Access database (published on CD-Rom, 2000)
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1933). Freilebende Nematoden aus dem Trondhjemsfjord. Capita Zoologica. 4(2): 1-162.
additional source	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	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1954). IX. Vrijlevende Nematoden. Veranderingen in de Flora en Fauna van de Zuiderzee (thans Ijsselmeer) na de afsluiting in 1932. 169-185.
additional source	Steyaert, M.; Moodley, L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vandewiele, S.; Vincx, M. (2005). Laboratory experiments on the infaunal activity of intertidal nematodes. Hydrobiologia. 540(1-3): 217-223.
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
redescription	Lorenzen, S. (1994). The phylogenetic systematics of freeliving nematodes. The Ray Society. 1-383.
redescription	Lorenzen, S. (1976). Desmodoridae (Nematoden) mit extrem lange Spicula aus Südamerika. Mitt. Inst. Colombo-Alemán Invest. Cient. 8: 63-78.
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.
taxonomy source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Microlaimus tenuispiculum de Man, 1922. 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:161096