Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Monhysterina > Superfamily Sphaerolaimoidea > Family Xyalidae > Genus Daptonema

Daptonema fallax (Lorenzen, 1972) Lorenzen, 1977

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Daptonema*	Cobb, 1920	accepted genus name
*Cylindrotheristus*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Cylindrotheristus*	De Coninck, 1965	synonym
*Mesotheristus*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Mesotheristus*	Chitwood & Murphy, 1964	synonym
*Pseudotheristus*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Theristus (Cylindrotheristus)*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Theristus (Daptonema)*		synonym
*Trichotheristus*	Wieser, 1956	synonym
*Tubolaimus*	Allgén, 1929	synonym

Species group names

*Daptonema falax*	(Lorenzen, 1972)	orthographic variant
*Theristus (Cylindrotheristus) fallax*	Lorenzen, 1972	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	Mahmoudi, E.; Essid, N.; Beyrem, H.; Hedfi, A.; Boufahdja, F.; Aïssa, P.; Vitiello, P. (2008). Mussel-farming effects on Mediterranean benthic nematode communities. Nematology. 10 (3): 323-333.
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	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	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
new combination reference	Lorenzen, S. (1977). Revision der Xyalidae (freilebende Nematoden) auf der Grundlage einer kritischen Analyse von 56 Arten aus Nord- und Ostsee. Veroff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 16: 197-261.
taxonomy source	Tchesunov, A. V.; Miljutin, D. M. (2006). Three new free-living nematode species (Monhysterida) from the Arctic abyss, with revision of the genus Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922 (Linhomoeidae). Russian Journal of Nematology. 14(1): 57-75.
ecology source	Lorenzen, S. (1971). Die Nematodenfauna im Verklappungsgebiet für Industrieabwässer nordwestlich von Helgoland: I. Araeolaimida und Monhysterida. Zool. Anz. 187(3): 223-248.
ecology source	Louati, H.; Said, O. B.; Soltani, A.; Cravo-Laureau, C.; Duran, R.; Aissa, P.; Mahmoudi, E.; Pringault, O. (2014). Responses of a free-living benthic marine nematode community to bioremediation of a PAH mixture. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(20): 15307-15318.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Daptonema fallax (Lorenzen, 1972) Lorenzen, 1977. 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:121529