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

Tylocephalus Crossman, 1933

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Tylocephalus annulatus Zell, 1993
Tylocephalus auriculatus (Bütschli, 1873) Anderson, 1966
Tylocephalus cornutus Zell, 1985
Tylocephalus laticollis Zell, 1985

Literature

original description	Crossman, M. L. (1933). Preliminary Observatiions on the Life History and Morphology of Tylocephalus bacillivorus n. g. n. sp., a Nematode Related to the Genus Wilsonema. Journal of Parasitology, 20: 106-107.
basis of record	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	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.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Tylocephalus Crossman, 1933. 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:227275

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Tylocephalus Crossman, 1933. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/20158819-152d-4765-9d47-5362bad1578f