Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Plectida

Benthimermithidae Petter, 1980

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Trophomera Rubtzov & Platonova, 1974

Literature

original description	Petter, Annie J. (1980). Une nouvelle famille de Nematodes parasites d'Invertebres marins, les Benthimermithidae. Annales de Parasitologie, 55(2): 209-224.
basis of record	Miljutin, D. M. (2004). New findings of deep-sea nematodes of genus Benthimermis Petter, 1980 (Nematoda, Benthimermithidae) with description of seven new species. Zoosystema. 26 (1) : 21-48.
taxonomy source	Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin. 759 pp.
taxonomy source	De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Benthimermithidae Petter, 1980. 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:182912