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

Plectus geophilus de Man, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plectus*	Bastian, 1865	accepted genus name

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)
redescription	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.
ecology source	Andrássy, I. (1990). Free-living nematoda in the Hungarian fauna. Állattani Közlemények. LXXVI: 17-38.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Plectus geophilus 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:229338

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Plectus geophilus de Man, 1880. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c700d8a2-6bdd-4ea8-8c8b-1d3037eea962