Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmoscolecida > Suborder Desmoscolecina > Superfamily Desmoscolecoidea > Family Desmoscolecidae > Subfamily Desmoscolecinae > Tribe Desmoscolecini > Genus Desmoscolex

Desmoscolex laevis Kreis, 1928

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmoscolex*	Claparède, 1863	accepted genus name
*Eudesmoscolex*	Steiner, 1916	synonym
*Eutricoma*	Allgén, 1939	synonym

Literature

original description	Kreis, H. A. (1928). Weiterer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der freilebenden marinen Nematoden. Arch. Naturgesch. 92 A (8): 1-29.
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	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
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	Decraemer, W. (1975). Scientific report on the Belgian expedition to the great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes I : Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida) from yonge reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island with general characteristics of the Genus Desmoscolex. Annales de la Société royale Zoologique de Belgique. 104, 105-130.
additional source	Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 29, 497-508.
identification resource	Decraemer, W. (1976). The cuticular structure in Desmoscolex with description of D. spinosus sp.n. and redescription of D. michaelseni Steiner, 1916 (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida). Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 44: 123-134.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Desmoscolex laevis Kreis, 1928. 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:121125