Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Linhomoeina > Superfamily Siphonolaimoidea > Family Linhomoeidae > Subfamily Desmolaiminae > Genus Metalinhomoeus

Metalinhomoeus biformis Juario, 1974

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metalinhomoeus*	de Man, 1907	accepted genus name
*Monhysteriella*	Kreis, 1929	synonym

Literature

original description	Juario, J. V. (1974). Neue freilebende Nematoden aus dem Sublitoral der Deutschen Bucht [New Free-living Nematodes from the Sublittoral Zone of the German Bight]. Veroffentlichungen des Instituts fuer Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven. 14: 275-303.
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	Jensen, P. (1983). Meiofaunal abundance and vertical zonation in a sublittoral soft bottom, with a test of the Haps corer. Marine Biology. 74: 319-326.
additional source	Zhou, H. (2001). Effects of leaf litter addition on meiofaunal colonization of azoic sediments in a subtropical mangrove in Hong Kong. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Elsevier, Amsterdam 256(1):99-121.
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
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.
ecology 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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Metalinhomoeus biformis Juario, 1974. 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:161188