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

Daptonema xyaliforme (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) Lorenzen, 1977

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cylindrotheristus Wieser, 1956

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

*Daptonema minuta*		synonym
*Daptonema xyaliformis*	(Wieser & Hopper, 1967)	synonym
*Theristus xyaliformis*	Wieser & Hopper, 1967	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Coomans, A. V. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.]. In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium. 43-56.
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	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).
additional source	Gagarin, V. G.; Nguyen Thi Thu. (2008). Three new species of the genus Daptonema (Nematoda, Xyalidae) from the Red River Delta (Vietnam). Zoologicheskij zhurnal. 87(5), 515-523.
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.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Daptonema xyaliforme (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) 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:153432