Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea > Family Draconematidae > Subfamily Prochaetosomatinae

Prochaetosoma Micoletzky, 1922

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Prochaetosoma arcticum (Kreis, 1963)
Prochaetosoma campbelli (Allgén, 1932) Allen & Noffsinger, 1978
Prochaetosoma mediterranicum Allen & Noffsinger, 1978
Prochaetosoma primitiva (Steiner, 1916)

Literature

original description	Micoletzky, H. (1922). Die freilebenden Erd-Nematoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Steiermark und der Bukowina, zugleich mit einer Revision sämtlicher nicht mariner, freilebender Nematoden in Form von Genus-Beschreibungen und Bestimmungsschlüsseln [1921]. Arch. Naturg. Berl. 87, Abt. A (8-9): 1-650.
basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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	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.
taxonomy source	Rho, H. S.; Kim, W. (2005). A New Marine Nematode Species of the Genus Dinetia (Nematoda: Draconematidae) from South Korea. Zoological Science. 22(5): 599-608.
biology source	Baldrighi, E.; Dovgal, I.; Zeppilli, D.; Abibulaeva, A.; Michelet, C.; Michaud, E.; Franzo, A.; Grassi, E.; Cesaroni, L.; Guidi, L.; Balsamo, M.; Sandulli, R.; Semprucci, F. (2020). The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species. Diversity. 12(6): 224.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Prochaetosoma Micoletzky, 1922. 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:2598