Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Plectida > Family Benthimermithidae

Trophomera Rubtzov & Platonova, 1974

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Benthimermis*	Petter, 1980	synonym

Children

Trophomera acuticauda (Petter, 1981) Miljutin, 2006
Trophomera hopei (Petter, 1980) Miljutin, 2006
Trophomera leptosoma (Petter, 1981) Miljutin, 2006
Trophomera rotundicauda (Petter, 1981) Miljutin, 2006

Literature

original description	Rubtzov, I. A. and Platonova, T. A. (1974). A New Family of Marine Parasitic Nematodes (Novoe Semeistvo Morskikh Paraziticheskikh Nematod). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 53(10): 1445-1458.
new combination reference	Miljutin, D. M. (2006). The genus Trophomera Rubtsov Platonova, 1974 with description of T. litoralis sp. n.(Nematoda: Benthimermithidae) from the tidal zone of the Kuril Archipelago and proposal of Benthimermis Petter, as a junior synonym. Nematology. 8(3): 411-423.
identification resource	Miljutin, D. M.; Miljutina, M. A. (2009). Description of Bathynema nodinauti gen. n., sp n. and four new Trophomera species (Nematoda: Benthimermithidae) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (Eastern Tropic Pacific), supplemented with the keys to genera and species. Zootaxa. 2096: 173-196.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Trophomera Rubtzov & Platonova, 1974. 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:458864