Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Dorylaimia > Order Mononchida > Suborder Mononchina > Superfamily Mononchoidea > Family Mononchidae > Subfamily Mononchinae

Mononchus Bastian, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mononchus absconditus (Tslalolichin, 1974)
Mononchus aquaticus Coetzee, 1968
Mononchus brevicaudatus Kreis, 1924
Mononchus italicus Andrássy, 1959
Mononchus loofi Winiszewska, 1998
Mononchus maduei W. Schneider, 1925
Mononchus niddensis Skwarra, 1921
Mononchus pulcher Andrássy, 1993
Mononchus superbus Mulvey, 1928
Mononchus truncatus Bastian, 1865
Mononchus tunbridgensis 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.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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	Timm, R. W.; Ameen, M. (1960). Nematodes Associated With Commercial Crops In East Pakistan. Agriculture Pakistan. 11 (3) : 1-9.
taxonomy source	Andrássy, I. (1993). A taxonomic survey of the family Mononchidae (Nematoda). Acta Zool. Hung. 39 (1-4): 13-60.
taxonomy source	Ahmad, W.; Jairajpuri, M. S. (2010). Mononchida: the predatory soil nematodes. Brill. (Vol. 7). 298 pp.
identification resource	Altash, S.; Kostadinova, A.; Peneva, V. (2024). Integrative taxonomic study of mononchid nematodes from riparian habitats in Bulgaria. I. Genera Mononchus Bastian, 1865 and Coomansus Jairajpuri & Khan, 1977 with the description of Mononchus pseudoaquaticus sp. nov. and a key to the species of Mononchus. ZooKeys. 1206: 137-180.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Mononchus 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:227422

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Mononchus Bastian, 1865. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6d893f38-af8f-471a-a66d-39659d997d92