Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Enoplina > Superfamily Enoploidea > Family Thoracostomopsidae > Subfamily Enoplolaiminae

Epacanthion Wieser, 1953

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Epacanthion buetschlii (Southern, 1914) Wieser, 1953
Epacanthion crassum (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953
Epacanthion durapelle (Kreis, 1929) Wieser, 1953
Epacanthion enoploidiforme (Gerlach, 1953) Warwick, 1970
Epacanthion flagellicauda Gerlach, 1956
Epacanthion galeatum Boucher, 1977
Epacanthion gorgonocephalum Warwick, 1970
Epacanthion incurvatum (Ditlevsen, 1926) Wieser, 1953
Epacanthion mawsoni Warwick, 1977
Epacanthion murmanicum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Inglis, 1966
Epacanthion pellucidum (Ssaweljev, 1912) Inglis, 1966

Literature

original description	Wieser, W. (1953). Reports of the Lund University Chile expedition 1948-1949: 1. Enoploidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, N. F. 49(6): 1-155.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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	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	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	Greenslade P. & Nicholas W.L. (1991). Some Thoracostomopsidae (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Australia, including Descriptions of Two New Genera and Diagnostic Keys. Invertebrate Taxonomy. 4, 1031-1052.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Da Rocha, C. M. C.; Venekey, V.; Bezerra, T. N. C.; Souza, R. B. (2006). Phytal marine nematode assemblages and their relation with the macrophytes structural complexity in a Brazilian tropical rocky beach. Hydrobiologia. 553:219-230.
additional source	Guilherme, B.C.; Da Silva M.C.; Esteves, A.M. (2009). Description of a new species of Epacanthion (Thoracostomopsidae, Nematoda) from Brazil and a modified key for species identification. Zootaxa. 2096: 99-108.
taxonomy source	Greenslade P. & Nicholas W.L. (1991). Some Thoracostomopsidae (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Australia, including Descriptions of Two New Genera and Diagnostic Keys. Invertebrate Taxonomy. 4, 1031-1052.
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

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Epacanthion Wieser, 1953. 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:2514