Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Oncholaimina > Superfamily Oncholaimoidea > Family Oncholaimidae > Subfamily Octonchinae

Octonchus Clark, 1961

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Polydontus Schulz, 1932 synonym

Children

Octonchus marinus (Schulz, 1932) Clark, 1961

Literature

original description

Clark, W. C. (1961). A revised classification of the Order Enoplida (Nematoda). N. Z. Jl. Sci. 4: 123-150.

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

Hope, W. D.; Murphy, D. G. (1972). A taxonomic hierarchy and checklist of the genera and higher taxa of marine nematodes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 137: 1-101.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Octonchus Clark, 1961. 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:2568

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2013-05-14 by Jan Vanaverbeke

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