Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Desmoscolecidae > Subfamily Desmoscolecinae > Tribe Desmoscolecini > Genus Desmoscolex

Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) Weischer, 1962

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmoscolex*	Claparède, 1863	accepted genus name
*Eudesmoscolex*	Steiner, 1916	synonym
*Eutricoma*	Allgén, 1939	synonym

Subgenus group names

*Pareudesmoscolex*	Weischer, 1962	synonym

Children

Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) laciniosus Lorenzen, 1969
Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) papillosus (Schulz, 1935)
Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) pratensis Lorenzen, 1969

Literature

original description	Weischer, B. (1962). Desmoscolex vinealis n. sp. und Pareudemoscolex verrucosus n. g., n. sp., die ersten bodenbewohnenden Demoscoleciden (Nematoda:Desmoscolecidae). Zool. Anz. 168: 229-235.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex (Pareudesmoscolex) Weischer, 1962. 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:2370