Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Chromadoridae > Subfamily Hypodontolaiminae > Genus Ptycholaimellus

Ptycholaimellus ponticus (Filipjev, 1922) Gerlach, 1955

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ptycholaimellus*	Cobb, 1920	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hypodontolaimus ponticus*	Filipjev, 1922	synonym

Literature

basis of record	De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. 161-174.
additional source	Commito, J.A. & G. Tita. (2002). Differential dispersal rates in an intertidal meiofauna assemblage. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 268(2): 237-256.
additional source	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
additional source	Vanreusel, A. (1990). Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes from the Voordelta (Southern Bight of the North Sea). I. Species composition and structure of the nematode communities. Cah. Biol. mar. 31: 439-462.
additional source	Tita, G., G. Desrosiers, M. Vincx & C. Nozais. (2000). Predation and sediment disturbance effects of the intertidal polychaete Nereis virens (Sars) on associated meiofaunal assemblages. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 243(2): 261-282.
additional source	Schratzberger, M.; Wall, C. M.; Reynolds, W. J.; Reed, J.; Waldock, M. J. (2002). Effects of paint-derived tributyltin on structure of estuarine nematode assemblages in experimental microcosms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 272(2): 217-235.
additional source	Eskin, R. A.; Hopper, B. E. (1985). Population dynamics and description of Ptycholaimellus hibernus n. sp. (Nematode: Chromadoridae). Journal of Nematology. 17(1) 38-45.
additional source	Jensen, P. (1984). Ecology of benthic and epiphytic nematodes in brackish waters. Hydrobiologia. 108: 201-217.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Schratzberger, M.; M. Warwick, R. (1999). Impact of predation and sediment disturbance by Carcinus maenas (L.) on free-living nematode community structure. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 235(2): 255-271.
additional source	Franco, M.; Steyaert, M.; Cabral, H.; Tenreiro, R.; Chambel, L.; Vincx, M.; Costa, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2008). Impact of discards of beam trawl fishing on the nematode community from the Tagus estuary (Portugal). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 56(10): 1728-1736.
additional source	Steyaert, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A.; Barranguet, C.; Lucas, C.; Vincx, M. (2003). The importance of fine-scale, vertical profiles in characterising nematode community structure. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 58(2): 353-366.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
new combination reference	Gerlach, S. A. (1955). Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden marinen Nematoden von San Salvador. Z. wiss. Zool. Band 158, Heft 2-4: 249-303.
ecology source	Eguchi, E.; Waterman, T. H. (1973). Orthogonal microvillus pattern in the eigth rhabdomere of the rock crab Grapsus. Zeitschr. Zellforsch. mikrosk. Anat. 137: 145-147.
ecology source	Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Verbist, K.; Vincx, M.; Steyaert, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Herman, P.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T. (2009). Tidal flat nematode responses to hypoxia and subsequent macrofauna-mediated alterations of sediment properties. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 381: 189-197.
ecology source	Louati, H.; Said, O. B.; Soltani, A.; Cravo-Laureau, C.; Duran, R.; Aissa, P.; Mahmoudi, E.; Pringault, O. (2014). Responses of a free-living benthic marine nematode community to bioremediation of a PAH mixture. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(20): 15307-15318.
ecology source	Soetaert, K.. M. Vinckx, J. Wittoeck & M.Tulkens. (1995). Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries. Hydrobiologia. 311: 185-206.
ecology source	Boufahja, F.; Ismaïly, S.; Beyrem, H. (2015). Experimental evidence of the effects of an antimitotic agent, Colchicine, on a nematode community through a microcosm approach. Cah. Biol. Mar. 39-48.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ptycholaimellus ponticus (Filipjev, 1922) Gerlach, 1955. 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:120798