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

Draconema Cobb, 1913

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetosoma*	Claparède, 1863	synonym
*Drepanonema*	Cobb, 1933	synonym
*Tristicochaeta*	Panceri, 1878	synonym

Children

Chaetosoma longuirostrum Schepotieff, 1907
Draconema cephalatum (Cobb, 1913) Steiner, 1921
Draconema claparedii (Metschnikoff, 1867) Filipjev, 1918
Draconema inarimense (Panceri, 1878) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978
Draconema longuirostrum (Schepotieff, 1907) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978
Draconema ophicephalum (Claparède, 1863) Filipjev, 1918
Tristicochaeta inarimense Panceri, 1878

Literature

original description	Cobb, N. A. (1913). Draconema: A remarkable genus of marine free-living nematodes. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3 (5): 145-149.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Maria, T. F.; Esteves, A. M.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2008). Nematodes from sandy beaches of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biociências, Porto Alegre. 16 (2), 92-103.
additional source	Gobin, J. F. (2007). Free-living marine nematodes of hard bottom substrates in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Bulletin of Marine Science. 81(1): 73–84.
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	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.
taxonomy source	Rho, H. S.; Kim, W. (2005). Paradraconema jejuense, a new species of genus Paradraconema (Nematoda: Draconematidae) from Korea. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology. 21(1): 81-91.
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
NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Draconema Cobb, 1913. 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:2354