Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea > Family Desmodoridae > Subfamily Stilbonematinae

Leptonemella Cobb, 1920

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leptonemella aphanothecae Gerlach, 1950
Leptonemella cincta Cobb, 1920
Leptonemella froeyensis (Allgén, 1946) Gerlach, 1963
Leptonemella gorgo Gerlach, 1950
Leptonemella granulosa Boucher, 1975
Leptonemella parabullata (Allgén, 1929) Gerlach, 1963

Literature

original description	Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contributions to a science of nematology. 9: 217-343.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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	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	Jensen, P. (1986). The nematode fauna in the sulphide-rich brine seep and adjacent bottoms of the East Flower Garden, NW Gulf of Mexico. IV. Ecological aspects. Marine Biology. 92: 489-503.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Vanreusel, A.; De Ruyck, A.; Vincx, M.; Heip, C. H. R. (1985). A preliminary study of the nematodes in the bay of Calvi, Corsica. Progres in Belgian Oceanographic Research. 460-463.
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. Leptonemella Cobb, 1920. 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:2353