Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Oncholaimina > Superfamily Oncholaimoidea > Family Oncholaimidae > Subfamily Oncholaimellinae > Genus Viscosia

Viscosia viscosa (Bastian, 1865) de Man, 1890

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Viscosia*	de Man, 1890	accepted genus name
*Mononcholaimus*	Kreis, 1924	synonym

Species group names

*Viscosia viscosia*	(Bastian, 1865)	orthographic variant
*Oncholaimus viscosus*	Bastian, 1865	synonym

Literature

basis of record	De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. 161-174.
additional source	Steyaert, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A.; Barranguet, C.; Lucas, C.; Vincx, M. (2003). The importance of fine-scale, vertical profiles in characterising nematode community structure. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 58(2): 353-366.
additional source	Warwick, R. M.; Buchanan, J. B. (1970). The meiofauna off the coast of Northumberland. I. The structure of the nematode population. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 50: 129-146.
additional source	Warwick, R. M. (1971). Nematode associations in the Exe estuary. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K. 51: 439-454.
additional source	Smol, N.; Willems, K. A.; Govaere, J. C. R.; Sandee, A. J. J. (1994). Composition, distribution and biomass of meiobenthos in the Oosterschelde estuary (SW Netherlands). Hydrobiologia. 282/283: 197-217.
additional source	Keppner, E. J. (1987). Five new and one known species of free-living marine nematodes of the family Oncholaimidae (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Northwest Florida, U.S.A. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 106 (3), 214-231.
additional source	Vanreusel, A. (1990). Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes from the Voordelta (Southern Bight of the North Sea). I. Species composition and structure of the nematode communities. Cah. Biol. mar. 31: 439-462.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1935). Freeliving Marine Nemas of the Belgian Coast. I. and II. Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. 72: 1-36.
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1954). Die freilebenden Nematoden der schleswig-holsteinischen Küsten. Schr. naturw. Ver. Schlesw.-Holst. 27: 44-69.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1946). Letzter Bericht über freilebende Nematoden aus dem Schalensand- und Kiesboden der Westküste Norwegens. Arkiv for Zoologi. 37 A (15): 1-26.
additional source	Gheskiere, T.; Vincx, M.; Urban-Malinga, B.; Rossano, C.; Scapini, F.; Degraer, S. (2005). Nematodes from wave-dominated sandy beaches: diversity, zonation patterns and testing of the isocommunities concept. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 62(1-2): 365-375.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Van Laere, P. (2003). Mariene nematoden van de laagwaterlijn van het strand van De Panne: diversiteit en verticale distributie in het sediment. Lic. Thesis UGent. 66 pp.
additional source	Lorenzen, S. (1969). Freilebende Meeresnematoden aus dem Schlickwatt und den Salzwiesen der Nordseeküste. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. XI: 195-238.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1953). Revision der freilebenden marinen Nematoden aus der Umgebung der Staatlichen Zoologischen Station Kristineberg an der Westküste Schwedens. Zoologische Jahrbucher (Systematik). 81: 548-603.
additional source	Steyaert, M.; Herman, P.; Moens, T.; Widdows, J.; Vincx, M. (2001). Tidal migration of nematodes on an estuarine tidal flat (the Molenplaat, Schelde Estuary, SW Netherlands). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 224: 299-304.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1957). On a small collection of freeliving marine nematodes from Greenland and some other arctic regions with reviews and analyses of the compositions of all hitherto known arctic nematode faunas. Meddr. Gronland. 159 (3): 1- 42.
additional source	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	Allgén, C. A. (1946). Westnorwegische marine Nematoden. Ark. Zool. 37 A (14): 1-32.
additional source	Schneider, G. (1927). Dritter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Brackwassernematoden Finnlands. Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 56 (10): 1-24.
additional source	Schratzberger, M.; Wall, C. M.; Reynolds, W. J.; Reed, J.; Waldock, M. J. (2002). Effects of paint-derived tributyltin on structure of estuarine nematode assemblages in experimental microcosms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 272(2): 217-235.
redescription	Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp.
redescription	Smol, N.; Sharma, J. (1984). Two new and three redescribed species of Viscosia (Nematoda, Oncholaimidea). Hydrobiologia. 114: 123-147.
redescription	Schulz, E. (1932). Beiträge zur Kenntnis mariner Nematoden aus der Kieler Bucht. Zool. Jahrb. Jena (Syst.). 62: 331-430, 51 figs.
new combination reference	de Man, J. G. (1890). Quatrième note sur les nématodes libres de la mer du Nord et de la Manche. Mém. Soc. zool. Fr. 3: 169-194.
ecology source	Fonsêca-Genevois, V.da., P.J. Somerfield, M.H. Baeta-Neves, R. Coutinho & T. Moens. (2006). Colonization and early succession on artificial hard substrata by meiofauna. Marine Biology 148(5):1039-1050.
ecology source	Soetaert, K., M. Vincx, J. Wittoeck, M. Tulkens & D. Van Gansbeke. (1994). Spatial patterns of Westerschelde meiobenthos. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 39:367-388.
ecology source	Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. Hydrobiologia. 311: 185-206.
ecology source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Viscosia viscosa (Bastian, 1865) de Man, 1890. 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:122156