Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Ethmolaimidae > Subfamily Neotonchinae > Genus Filitonchus

Filitonchus volutus (Gerlach, 1956) Platt, 1982

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Filitonchus*	Platt, 1982	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nannolaimus volutus*	Gerlach, 1956	synonym

Literature

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	Platt, H. M. (1982). Revision of the Ethmolaimidae (Nematoda: Chromadorida). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.). 43 (4): 185-252.
new combination reference	Platt, H. M. (1982). Revision of the Ethmolaimidae (Nematoda: Chromadorida). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.). 43 (4): 185-252.
ecology source	Gerlach, S. A. (1956). Diagnosen neuer Nematoden aus der Kieler Bucht. Kieler Meeresforsch. 12: 85-109.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Filitonchus volutus (Gerlach, 1956) Platt, 1982. 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:161303