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

Metadesmolaimus gelana (Warwick & Platt, 1973) Lorenzen, 1977

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metadesmolaimus*	Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Daptonema gelana*	Warwick & Platt, 1973	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	Van de Velde, B. (2003). Evaluatie en opvolging van een strandverstoringsexperiment met behulp van mariene nematoden. Lic. Thesis UGent.
additional source	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
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)
identification resource	Guo, Y; Chen, Y.; Liu, M. (2016). Metadesmolaimus zhanggi sp. nov. (Nematoda: Xyalidae) from East China Sea, with a pictorial key to Metadesmolaimus species. Cah. Biol. Mar. 57: 73-79.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Metadesmolaimus gelana (Warwick & Platt, 1973) 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:121572