Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Desmoscolecidae > Subfamily Tricominae

Paratricoma Gerlach, 1956

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmogerlachia*	Freudenhammer, 1975	synonym

Children

Paratricoma papillifer Gerlach, 1956
Paratricoma pratensis Lorenzen, 1969

Literature

original description	Gerlach, S. A. (1956). Diagnosen neuer Nematoden aus der Kieler Bucht. Kieler Meeresforsch. 12: 85-109.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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	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	Hwang, U. W.; Choi, E. H.; Kim, D. S.; Decraemer, W.; Chang, C. Y. (2009). Monophyly of the family Desmoscolecidae (Nematoda, Demoscolecida) and Its Phylogenetic position inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Molecules and Cells. 27(5): 515-523.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Paratricoma Gerlach, 1956. 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:2377