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

Pomponema Cobb, 1917

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Endolaimus*	Filipjev, 1922	synonym
*Parapomponema*	Ott, 1972	synonym

Children

Pomponema ammophilum Lorenzen, 1972
Pomponema astrodes Lorenzen, 1972
Pomponema clavicaudatum (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1935) Riemann, 1972
Pomponema compactum Lorenzen, 1972
Pomponema coomansi Vincx, 1981
Pomponema cotylophorum (Steiner, 1916) Lorenzen, 1972
Pomponema cyatholaimoides (Allgén, 1929) Hope & Murphy, 1972
Pomponema debile Lorenzen, 1972
Pomponema elegans Lorenzen, 1972
Pomponema lineatum (Gerlach, 1953) Wieser, 1959
Pomponema loticum Lorenzen, 1972
Pomponema multipapillatum (Filipjev, 1922) Wieser, 1954
Pomponema punctata (Cobb, 1920) Luc & Deconinck, 1959
Pomponema reductum Warwick, 1970
Pomponema sedecima Platt, 1973
Pomponema segregatum Wieser, 1959
Pomponema syltense Blome, 1974
Pomponema tautraense (Allgén, 1933) Lorenzen, 1972
Pomponema tesselatum Wieser & Hopper, 1967

Literature

original description	Cobb, N. A. (1917). Notes on Nemas. Contrib. to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore). 5: 117-128.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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	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	Guo, Y.; Helléouet, M.-N.; Boucher, G. (2008). Spatial patterns of meiofauna and diversity of nematode species assemblages in the Uvea lagoon (Loyalty Islands, South Pacific). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(5), 931–940.
additional source	Da Rocha, C. M. C.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N. C.; Souza, R. B. (2006). Phytal marine nematode assemblages and their relation with the macrophytes structural complexity in a Brazilian tropical rocky beach. Hydrobiologia. 553:219-230.
additional source	Vanreusel, A.; Fonseca, G.; Danovaro, R.; Da Silva, M. C.; Esteves, A. M.; Ferrero, T.; Gad, G.; Galtsova, V.; Gambi, C.; Da Fonsêca Genevois, V.; Ingels, J.; Ingole, B.; Lampadariou, N.; Merckx, B.; Miljutin, D.; Miljutina, M.; Muthumbi, A.; Netto, S.; Portnova, D.; Radziejewska, T.; Raes, M.; Tchesunov, A.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Gaever, S.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N.; Flint, H.; Copley, J.; Pape, E.; Zeppilli, D.; Martinez, P. A.; Galeron, J. (2010). The contribution of deep-sea macrohabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity. Marine Ecology. 31(1): 6-20.
additional source	Van Gaever, S.; Vanreusel, A.; Hughes, J.; Bett, B.; Kiriakoulakis, K. (1999). The macro- and micro-scale patchiness of meiobenthos associated with the Darwin Mounds (north-east Atlantic). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 84(3): 547-556.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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	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.
new combination reference	Lorenzen, S. (1972). Die Nematodenfauna im Verklappungsgebiet für Industrieabwässer nordwestlich von Helgoland: III. Cyatholaimidae, mit einer Revision von Pomponema Cobb, 1917. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 13: 285-306.
taxonomy source	Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2014). Review of Pomponema Cobb (Nematoda: Cyatholaimidae) with description of a new species from China Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 55(2): 267-273.
taxonomy source	Cidreira, G.; Pinheiro-Junior, E. P.; Venekey, V.; De Souza Alves, O. F. (2019). A new species of Pomponema Cobb, 1917 (Nematoda: Cyatholaimidae) from Northeast of Brazil, with reference to the taxonomic status of the genera Parapomponema Ott, 1972 and Propomponema Ott, 1972. Zootaxa. 4691(1): 63-77.
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.
ecology source	Ingels, J., K. Kiriakoulakis, G.A. Wolff & A. Vanreusel. (2009). Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 56(9): 1521-1539.
identification resource	Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2014). Review of Pomponema Cobb (Nematoda: Cyatholaimidae) with description of a new species from China Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 55(2): 267-273.
identification resource	Jensen, P. (1992). Predatory nematodes from the deep-sea: description of species from the Norwegian Sea, diversity of feeding types and geographical distribution. Cah. Biol. Mar. 33: 1-23.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Pomponema Cobb, 1917. 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:2318