Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea

Epsilonematidae Steiner, 1927

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Epsilonematinae Steiner, 1927
Glochinematinae Lorenzen, 1974

Literature

original description	Steiner, G. (1927). Epsilonematidae - a New Nemic Family. Journal of Parasitology, 14: 65-66.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Shirayama, Y. (1992). Studies of meiofauna collected from the Iheya Ridge during the dive 541 of the "SHINKAI 2000". Proc. JAMSTEC symp. deep Sea Research. 8, 287-291.
additional source	Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 29, 497-508.
additional source	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	Vincx, M. (1990). Diversity of the nematode communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research. 25:181-188.
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.
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	Raes, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2003). Epsilonematidae (Nematoda) from a cold-water coral environment in the Porcupine Seabight, with a discussion on the status of the genus Metaglochinema Gourbault & Decraemer, 1986. Hydrobiologia. 505 (1), 49-72.
taxonomy source	Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Postembryonic morphology in Epsilonematidae, with a discussion on the variability of caudal gland outlets. Journal of Nematology. 97-118.
ecology source	Clasing, E. (1984). Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos. XXXII. Epsilonematidae (Nematodes). Microfauna Marina. 1: 149-189.
ecology source	Vincx, M. (1990). Diversity of the nematode communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research. 25:181-188.
ecology source	Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2008). Walking with worms: coral-associated epifaunal nematodes. Journal of Biogeography. 35(12): 2207-2222.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Epsilonematidae Steiner, 1927. 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:2169