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

Spiriniinae Chitwood, 1936

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bradylaimus Stekhoven, 1931
Chromadoropsis Filipjev, 1918
Chromaspirina Filipjev, 1918
Metachromadora Filipjev, 1918
Metachromadoroides Timm, 1961
Onyx Cobb, 1891
Papillonema Verschelde, Muthumbi & Vincx, 1995
Paradesmodora Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
Parallelocoilas Boucher, 1975
Parathalassoalaimus Allgén, 1929
Perspiria Wieser & Hopper, 1967
Polysigma Cobb, 1920
Pseudometachromadora Timm, 1954
Sigmophoranema Hope & Murphy, 1972
Spirinia Gerlach, 1963
Stygodesmodora Blome, 1982

Literature

basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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)
taxonomy source	Armenteros, M.; Ruiz-Abierno, A.; Decraemer, W. (2014). Revision of Desmodorinae and Spiriniinae (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) with redescription of eight known species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 96: 1–32.
taxonomy source	Leduc, D.; Verschelde, D. (2015). New Spirinia and Stygodesmodora species (Nematoda, Spiriniinae) from the Southwest Pacific, and revision of the related genera Spirinia, Chromaspirina and Perspiria. European Journal of Taxonomy. (118): 1-25.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Spiriniinae Chitwood, 1936. 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:2226