Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Araeolaimida > Superfamily Axonolaimoidea > Family Diplopeltidae > Subfamily Diplopeltinae > Genus Diplopeltis

Diplopeltis cirrhatus (Eberth, 1863) Cobb, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diplopeltis*	Cobb, 1905	accepted genus name
*Dipeltis*	Cobb, 1891	synonym

Species group names

*Enoplus cirrhatus*	Eberth, 1863	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	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1950). The freeliving marine nemas of the Mediterranean: I. The Bay of Villefranche. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, deuxième série = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Bruxelles. 2(37): 1-220.
additional source	Palacin, C. (1985). Nematodos marinos de las algas fotófilas del litoral de Menorca II. Chromadorida y Monhysterida. Misc. Zool. 9: 31-48.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1962). Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven. Kieler Meeresforsch. 18: 81-108.
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	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.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Die Nematodenfauna des Sandstrandes an der Küste von Mittelbrasilien (Brasilianische Meerse-Nematoden IV). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 33 (2): 411-459.
additional source	Yeates, G. W. (2010). Phylum Nematoda: roundworms, eelworms. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 480-493.
additional source	Vincx, M.; Gourbault, N. (1992). Six new species of the genus Diplopeltula (Nematoda: Diplopeltidae) with remarks on the heterogeneity of the taxon. Hydrobiologia. 230:165-178.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1953). Revision der freilebenden marinen Nematoden aus der Umgebung der Staatlichen Zoologischen Station Kristineberg an der Westküste Schwedens. Zoologische Jahrbucher (Systematik). 81: 548-603.
additional source	Leduc, D.; Gwyther, J. (2008). Description of new species of Setosabatieria and Desmolaimus (Nematoda: Monhysterida) and a checklist of New Zealand free-living marine nematode species. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 42(3): 339-362.
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	Allgén, C. A. (1927). Freilebende marine Nematoden von den Campbell- und Staten-Inseln. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 66: 249-309.
new combination reference	Cobb, N. A. (1891). Onyx and Dipeltis: new Nematode Genera, with a note on Dorylaimus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 2(6): 143-158.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Diplopeltis cirrhatus (Eberth, 1863) Cobb, 1891. 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:121404