Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Desmoscolecidae > Subfamily Desmoscolecinae > Tribe Desmoscolecini > Genus Desmoscolex

Desmoscolex variabilis Soetaert, 1989

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmoscolex*	Claparède, 1863	accepted genus name
*Eudesmoscolex*	Steiner, 1916	synonym
*Eutricoma*	Allgén, 1939	synonym

Literature

original description	Soetaert, K. (1989). The genus Desmoscolex (Nematoda, Desmoscolecidae) from a deep-sea transect off Calvi (Corsica, Mediterranean). Hydrobiologia. 185(2): 127-143.
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	Decraemer, W. (1975). Scientific report on the Belgian expedition to the great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes I : Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida) from yonge reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island with general characteristics of the Genus Desmoscolex. Annales de la Société royale Zoologique de Belgique. 104, 105-130.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex variabilis Soetaert, 1989. 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:230336