Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Plectida > Suborder Plectina > Superfamily Camacolaimoidea > Family Camacolaimidae > Subfamily Camacolaiminae

Deontolaimus de Man, 1880

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acontiolaimus*	Filipjev, 1918	synonym
*Camacolaimoides*	De Coninck & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933	synonym
*Camacolaimus*	de Man, 1889	synonym
*Ypsilon*	Cobb, 1920	synonym

Children

Acontiolaimus zostericola Filipjev, 1918
Camacolaimus bathycola Filipjev, 1922
Camacolaimus dolichocercus Filipjev, 1922
Camacolaimus propinquus Allgén, 1929
Deontolaimus exilis (Cobb, 1920) Holovachov & Boström, 2015
Deontolaimus longicauda (de Man, 1922) Holovachov & Boström, 2015
Deontolaimus papillatus de Man, 1880
Deontolaimus praedator (de Man, 1922) Holovachov & Boström, 2015
Deontolaimus prytherchi (Chitwood, 1935) Holovachov & Boström, 2015
Deontolaimus tardus (de Man, 1889) Holovachov & Boström, 2015

Literature

original description	De Man, J. G. (1879). Die Einheimischen, Frei In Der Reinen Erde Und Im Süssen Wasser Lebenden Nematoden. Monographisch Bearbeitet. Vorläufiger Bericht und descriptiv-systematischer Theil. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. 5: 1-104.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Timm, R. W. (1957). New Marine Nematodes from St. Martin's Island. Pakist. J. Scient. Res., 9 (4): 133-138
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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.
taxonomy source	Holovachov, O.; Boström, S. (2015). Swedish Plectida (Nematoda). Part 10. The genus Deontolaimus de Man, 1880. Zootaxa. 4034(1): 1.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Deontolaimus de Man, 1880. 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:2394

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Deontolaimus de Man, 1880. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4f4b4466-ae6b-44c1-aa76-f52fdd2fdeae