Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Cyatholaimidae > Subfamily Cyatholaiminae

Metacyatholaimus Stekhoven, 1942

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metachoniolaimus*	Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950	synonym

Children

Metacyatholaimus cylindribucca (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) Wieser, 1954
Metacyatholaimus hirschi Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942
Metacyatholaimus spatiosus Wieser, 1954

Literature

original description	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1942). The free living nematodes of the Mediterranean. III. The Balearic Islands. Zoölogische Mededeelingen. Dl. XXIII, Afl. 3-4: 229-262.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Venekey, V.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Santos, P. J. P. (2010). Biodiversity of free-living marine nematodes on the coast of Brazil: a review. Zootaxa. 2568: 39–66.
additional source	Miljutin, D. M.; Gad, G.; Miljutina, M. M.; Mokievsky, V. O.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Esteves, A. M. (2010). The state of knowledge on deep-sea nematode taxonomy: how many valid species are known down there?. Marine Biodiversity. 40(3): 143-159.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Cunha, B. P., Fonseca, G., & Amaral, A. C. Z. (2022). Diversity and Distribution of Cyatholaimidae (Chromadorida: Nematoda): A Taxonomic and Systematic Review of the World Records. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:836670. 18 March 2022.
additional source	Gobin, J. F. (2007). Free-living marine nematodes of hard bottom substrates in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Bulletin of Marine Science. 81(1): 73–84.
source of synonymy	Wieser, W. (1954). Free-living marine nematodes II. Chromadoroidea. Acta Univ. lund (N.F.2). 50 (16): 1-148.
ecology source	Raes, M.; De Troch, M.; Ndaro, S. G. M.; Muthumbi, A.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). The structuring role of microhabitat type in coral degradation zones: a case study with marine nematodes from Kenya and Zanzibar. Coral Reefs. 26 (1): 13-126.
ecology source	Vanreusel, A., M. Vincx, D. Van Gansbeke & W. Gijselinck, W. (1992). Structural analysis of the meiobenthos communities of the shelf break area in two stations of the Gulf of Biscay (N.E. Atlantic). Belgian Journal of Zoology. 122(2):185-202.
identification resource	Vidakovic, J.; Travizi, A.; Boucher, G. (2003). Two new species of the genus Metacyatholaimus (Nematoda, Cyatholaimidae) from the Adriatic Sea with a key to the species. Cahiers de biologie marine. 44(2), 111-120.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Metacyatholaimus Stekhoven, 1942. 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:2311