Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Araeolaimida > Superfamily Axonolaimoidea > Family Comesomatidae > Subfamily Dorylaimopsinae

Vasostoma Wieser, 1954

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Literature

original description	Wieser, W. (1954). Free-living marine nematodes II. Chromadoroidea. Acta Univ. lund (N.F.2). 50 (16): 1-148.
additional source	Rosli, N.; Leduc, D.; Probert, P. K. (2014). Two new species and a new record of Comesomatidae (Nematoda, Araeolaimida) from Southern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. Zootaxa. 3900(4): 505.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
ecology source	Leduc, D.; Probert, P.; Nodder, S. (2010). Influence of mesh size and core penetration on estimates of deep-sea nematode abundance, biomass, and diversity. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 57(10): 1354-1362.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Vasostoma Wieser, 1954. 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:227195