Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Plectida > Suborder Plectina > Superfamily Plectoidea > Family Plectidae > Subfamily Plectinae

Plectus Bastian, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Plectus acuminatus Bastian, 1865
Plectus amorphotelus Ebsary, 1985
Plectus aquatilis Andrássy, 1985
Plectus australis Cobb, 1893
Plectus cirratus Bastian, 1865
Plectus cladinosus Holovachov & Susulovsky, 1999
Plectus communis Bütschli, 1873
Plectus costatus Zell, 1993
Plectus elegans Zell, 1993
Plectus elongatus Maggenti, 1961
Plectus exinocaudatus Truskova, 1976
Plectus fragilis Zell, 1993
Plectus geophilus de Man, 1880
Plectus hyperboreus Zell, 1993
Plectus indicus Khera, 1972
Plectus infundibulifer Andrássy, 1985
Plectus inquirendus Andrássy, 1958
Plectus intermedius Cobb, 1893
Plectus longicaudatus Bütschli, 1873
Plectus magadani Kuzmin, 1979
Plectus makrodemas Massey, 1964
Plectus minimus Cobb, 1893
Plectus minor Novicova & Gagarin, 1971
Plectus opisthocirculus Andrássy, 1952
Plectus palustris de Man, 1880
Plectus paracuminatus Zell, 1993
Plectus paratenuis Zell, 1993
Plectus parietinus Bastian, 1865
Plectus parvus Bastian, 1865
Plectus pseudelongatus Zell, 1993
Plectus pulcher Zell, 1993
Plectus pusillus Cobb, 1923
Plectus pusteri Fuchs, 1930
Plectus rhizophilus de Man, 1880
Plectus rotundilabiatus Zell, 1993
Plectus sabinae Hernandez & al., 1998
Plectus sambesii Micoletzky, 1916
Plectus similis Zell, 1993
Plectus spicacaudatus Ebsary, 1985
Plectus tenuis Bastian, 1865
Plectus thornei Ruhm, 1956
Plectus turricaudatus Truskova, 1976
Plectus varians Maggenti, 1961
Plectus velox Bastian, 1865

Literature

original description

Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.

additional source

De Oliveira Pinto, T.K.,Netto, S.A., Esteves, A.M., De Castro, F.J.V., Neres, P.F. and Da Silva, M.C. (2021). Free-living freshwater nematodes from Brazil: checklist of genera and regional patterns of diversity. Nematology. 0 (2021) 1-14.

taxonomy source

Zell, H. (1993). Die Gattung Plectus Bastian, 1865 sensu lato (Nematoda, Plectidae). Ein Beitrag zur Ökologie, Biogeographie, Phylogenie und Taxonomie der Plectidae. Andrias. 11: 3-90.

taxonomy source

Andrássy, I. (1985). The genus Plectus Bastian, 1865 and its nearest relatives (Nematoda: Plectidae). Acta Zoologica Hungarica. 31:1–52.

taxonomy source

Cobb, N. A. (1894). Tricoma and other nematode genera. The proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series). Vol. VIII, 389-421 -With 28 plates.

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Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Plectus Bastian, 1865. 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:227271

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Plectus Bastian, 1865. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3ecef681-ac21-4b65-bfa8-60cb471b48f5

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2024-01-05 by Dr. Vlada Peneva & by Oleksandr Holovachov & by Dr. A. M. T. (Tom) Bongers

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