Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Monhysterina > Superfamily Sphaerolaimoidea > Family Xyalidae

Elzalia Gerlach, 1957

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Elzalia mediterranea Vitiello, 1971

Literature

original description	Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Die Nematodenfauna des Sandstrandes an der Küste von Mittelbrasilien (Brasilianische Meerse-Nematoden IV). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 33 (2): 411-459.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Shirayama, Y.; Ohta, S. (1990). Meiofauna in a cold-seep community off Hatsushima, central Japan. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan. 46(3): 118-124.
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	Castillo-Fernandez, D.; Lambshead, P. J. D. (1990). Revision of the genus Elzalia Gerlach, 1957 (Nematoda: Xyalidae) including three new species from an oil producing zone in the Gulf of Mexico, with a discussion of the sibling species problem. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series. 56(1): 63-71.
additional source	Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Guitartia tridentata n. gen., n. sp. (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) and Macrodontium gaspari n. gen., n. sp. (Chromadorida: Microlaimidae), free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. Nematology. 12 (3): 417-427.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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	Huang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2006). A new genus and three new species of free‐living marine nematodes from the Yellow Sea, China. Journal of Natural History. 40(1-2): 5-16.
additional source	Vitiello, P. (1970 [1971]). Nématodes libres marins des vases profondes du Golfe du Lion. III. Monhysterida, Araeolaimida, Desmodorida. Téthys. 2 : 647 – 690.
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	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.
additional source	Sebastian, S.; Raes, M.; De Mesel, I.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). Comparison of the nematode fauna from the Weddell Sea Abyssal Plain with two North Atlantic abyssal sites. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 54(16-17): 1727-1736.
taxonomy source	Hope, W. Duane and Aryuthaka, Chittima . (2009). A Partial Revision of the Marine Nematode Genus Elzalia (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) with New Characters and Descriptions of Two New Species from Khung Kraben Bay, East Thailand. Journal of Nematology, 41(1): 64-83.
taxonomy source	Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Z. (2006). Two new species of the genus Elzalia (Nematoda: Monhysterida: Xyalidae) from the Yellow Sea, China. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 86(05): 1047-1056.
taxonomy source	Venekey, V.; Gheller, P. F.; Maria, T. F.; Brustolin, M. C.; Kandratavicius, N.; Vieira, D. C.; Brito, S.; Souza, G. S.; Fonseca, G. (2014). The state of the art of Xyalidae (Nematoda, Monhysterida) with reference to the Brazilian records. Marine Biodiversity. 44(3): 367-390.
ecology source	Leduc, D.; Probert, P.; Nodder, S. (2010). Influence of mesh size and core penetration on estimates of deep-sea nematode abundance, biomass, and diversity. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 57(10): 1354-1362.
ecology source	Ingels, J., K. Kiriakoulakis, G.A. Wolff & A. Vanreusel. (2009). Nematode diversity and its relation to the quantity and quality of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Nazaré Canyon, Western Iberian Margin. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 56(9): 1521-1539.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Elzalia Gerlach, 1957. 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:2457