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

Daptonema tenuispiculum (Ditlevsen, 1918) 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

*Monhystera tenuispiculum*	Ditlevsen, 1918	objective synonym
*Cylindrotheristus tenuispiculum*	(Ditlevsen, 1918)	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	Boyd, S. E.; Rees, H. L.; Richardson, C. A. (2000). Nematodes as Sensitive Indicators of Change at Dredged Material Disposal Sites. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 51: 805–819.
additional source	Tita, G., G. Desrosiers, M. Vincx & C. Nozais. (2000). Predation and sediment disturbance effects of the intertidal polychaete Nereis virens (Sars) on associated meiofaunal assemblages. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 243(2): 261-282.
additional source	Steyaert, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A.; Barranguet, C.; Lucas, C.; Vincx, M. (2003). The importance of fine-scale, vertical profiles in characterising nematode community structure. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 58(2): 353-366.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Vanreusel, A. (1990). Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes from the Voordelta (Southern Bight of the North Sea). I. Species composition and structure of the nematode communities. Cah. Biol. mar. 31: 439-462.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Schratzberger, M.; Wall, C. M.; Reynolds, W. J.; Reed, J.; Waldock, M. J. (2002). Effects of paint-derived tributyltin on structure of estuarine nematode assemblages in experimental microcosms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 272(2): 217-235.
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	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	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
additional source	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
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.
toxicology source	Vincx, M.; Heip, C.H.R. (1987). The use of meiobenthos in pollution monitoring studies: a review. CM Documents - ICES. (E33L:1166). ICES: [s.l.]. 18 pp.
ecology source	Vincx, M.; Meire, P.; Heip, C. (1990). The distribution of Nematodes communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Cah. Biol. Mar. 31:107-129.
ecology source	Vincx, M.; Coomans, A. (1983). Daptonema williamsi sp.n. (Nematoda, Xyalidae) from the Solomon Islands. Zoologica Scripta. 12(4): 237-244.
ecology source	Ditlevsen, H. (1919). Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren. 70(7): 147-214.
ecology source	Vincx, M. (1990). Diversity of the nematode communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research. 25:181-188.
ecology source	Vincx, M. (1989). Free-living marine nematodes from the southern bight of the North sea. Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België Academia Analecta. 51 (1): 39-70.
ecology source	Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. Hydrobiologia. 311: 185-206.
ecology source	Vincx, M. (1989). Seasonal fluctuations and production of nematode communities in the Belgian coastal zone of the North Sea. Verhandelingen van het symposium "Invertebraten van Belgie". 57-66.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Daptonema tenuispiculum (Ditlevsen, 1918) 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:121555

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Daptonema tenuispiculum (Ditlevsen, 1918) Lorenzen, 1977. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7f5f4d1a-ff04-40b4-8b3c-05a1f89d6f83