Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Ethmolaimidae > Subfamily Ethmolaiminae > Genus Ethmolaimus

Ethmolaimus pratensis de Man, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ethmolaimus*	de Man, 1880	accepted genus name
*Trichethmolaimus*	Platt, 1982	synonym

Species group names

*Chromadora foreli*	Hofmaenner, 1913	subjective synonym
*Chromadora revaliensis*	G. Schneider, 1906	subjective synonym
*Ethmolaimus distefanus*	de Cillis, 1928	subjective synonym
*Ethmolaimus gracilicaudatus*	Cobb, 1915	subjective synonym

Literature

original description	De Man, J. G. (1879). Die Einheimischen, Frei In Der Reinen Erde Und Im Süssen Wasser Lebenden Nematoden. Monographisch Bearbeitet. Vorläufiger Bericht und descriptiv-systematischer Theil. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 5: 1-104.
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	Jensen, P. (1979). Nematodes from the brackish waters of the southern archipelago of Finland. Benthic species Ann. Zool. Fennici. 16:151-168.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1925). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Nematoden Schwedens. Arkiv för Zoologi. 18 A (5): 1-40.
additional source	Jensen, P. (1994). Revision of Ethmolaiminae Filipjev & Stekhoven, 1941 (Nematoda, Chromadorida), with descriptions of one new genus and three new species. Hydrobiologia. 286 (1): 1-15.
ecology source	Andrássy, I. (1990). Free-living nematoda in the Hungarian fauna. Állattani Közlemények. LXXVI: 17-38.
identification resource	Allgén, C. A. (1926). Über einige freilebende marine Nematoden aus dem Wettersee. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. XVII (4): 714-729.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ethmolaimus pratensis de Man, 1880. 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:228357

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Ethmolaimus pratensis de Man, 1880. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2f8e8df1-fb60-4763-9672-c643f552489a