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

Praeacanthonchus Micoletzky, 1924

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Praeacanthonchus inglisi (Coles, 1965) Platt & Warwick, 1988
Praeacanthonchus kreisi (Allgén, 1929) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
Praeacanthonchus opheliae (Warwick, 1970) Gerlach & Riemann, 1973
Praeacanthonchus punctatus (Bastian, 1865) Micoletzky, 1924

Literature

original description	Micoletzky, H. (1924). Letzter Bericht über freilebende Nematoden aus Suez. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Mathem.-naturw. Klasse. Abteilung I, Band 133, Heft 4/6: 137-179.
additional source	Zeppilli, D. & R. Danovaro (2009). Meiofaunal diversity and assemblage structure in a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Pacific Ocean. Aquatic Biology. 5(1):75-84.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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	Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. Hydrobiologia. 311: 185-206.
additional source	Li, J.; Vincx, M. (1993). The temporal variation of intertidal nematodes in the Westerschelde. I. The importance of an estuarine gradient. Netherlands Journal of Aquatic Ecology. 27 (2-4): 319-326.
ecology source	Derycke, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Rigaux, A.; Backeljau, T.; Moens, T. (2010). Exploring the Use of Cytochrome Oxidase c Subunit 1 (COI) for DNA Barcoding of Free-Living Marine Nematodes. PLoS ONE. 5(10): e13716.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Praeacanthonchus Micoletzky, 1924. 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:2313