Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Ironina > Superfamily Ironoidea > Family Leptosomatidae > Subfamily Platycominae

Platycomopsis Ditlevsen, 1926

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dactylonema*	Filipjev, 1927	synonym

Children

Platycomopsis cobbii Ditlevsen, 1926
Platycomopsis effilatus Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1946
Platycomopsis mesjatzevi (Filipjev, 1927)
Platycomopsis nuchapilosa Vitiello, 1970

Literature

original description	Ditlevsen, H. (1926). Free-living nematodes. The Danish Ingolf Expedition. 4(6): 1-42.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Platycomopsis Ditlevsen, 1926. 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:2540