Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea > Family Desmodoridae > Subfamily Spiriniinae > Genus Spirinia

Spirinia laevioides Gerlach, 1963

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spirinia*	Gerlach, 1963	accepted genus name
*Spira*	Bastian, 1865	junior homonym
*Spirina*	Filipjev, 1918	synonym

Literature

original description	Gerlach, S. A. (1963). Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven II. Kieler Meeresforsch. 19: 67-103.
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	Guo, Y.; Helléouet, M.-N.; Boucher, G. (2008). Spatial patterns of meiofauna and diversity of nematode species assemblages in the Uvea lagoon (Loyalty Islands, South Pacific). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(5), 931–940.
additional source	Castro, F. J. V.; Bezerra, T. N. C.; Silva, M. C.; Fonseca-Genevois, V. (2006). Spirinia elongata, sp. nov. (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from Pina Basin, Pernambuco, Brazil. Zootaxa. 1121: 53-68.
additional source	Vincx, M.; Gourbault, N. (1989). Desmodoridae from the Bay of Morlaix (Brittany) and the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff. 30(1): 103-11.
additional source	Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 29, 497-508.
additional source	Da Silva, M. C.; De Castro, F. J. V.; Da Fonseca Cavalcanti, M.; Da Fonsêca-Genevo, V. (2009). Spirinia lara sp. n. and Spirinia sophia sp. n. (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from the Brazilian continental margin (Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro). Zootaxa. 2081: 31–45.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Spirinia laevioides Gerlach, 1963. 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:228576