Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Monhysterina > Superfamily Sphaerolaimoidea > Family Sphaerolaimidae > Subfamily Sphaerolaiminae > Genus Sphaerolaimus

Sphaerolaimus gracilis de Man, 1876

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerolaimus*	Bastian, 1865	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	de Man, J. G. (1876). Onderzoekingen over vrij in de aarde levende Nematoden. Tijdschrift der Nederlandische Dierkundige Vereeniging. 2: 78-196.
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	Gerlach, S. A. (1965). Freilebende Meeresnematoden aus der Gezeitenzone von Spitzbergen. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven. 9: 109-172.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1957). Marine Nematoden aus dem Mangrove-Gebiet von Cananéia (Brasilianische Meeres-Nematoden III). Abh. math.-naturw. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Mainz. 5: 129-176.
additional source	Gerlach, S. A. (1954). Die freilebenden Nematoden der schleswig-holsteinischen Küsten. Schr. naturw. Ver. Schlesw.-Holst. 27: 44-69.
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	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
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	Coomans, A. V. (1989). Overzicht van de vrijlevende nematofauna van België (Nematoda). [The freeliving nematofauna of Belgium: a review.]. In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium. 43-56.
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	Schneider, G. (1927). Dritter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Brackwassernematoden Finnlands. Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 56 (10): 1-24.
additional source	Yang, P.; Liu, M.; Guo, Y. (2020). One new species and one new record species of Sphaerolaimus (Nematode, Sphaerolaimidae) in offshore wetlands, China. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Allgén, C. A. (1958). Über einige freilebende marine Nematoden von der Ostküste Südamerikas (Uruguay, Nordküste Argentinas). Zoologischer Anzeiger. Bd. 160, Heft 9/10.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1959). Über einige, meistens neue, freilebende marine Nematoden aus dem Feuerland-Archipel (Schwedische Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903). Zoologischer Anzeiger. Bd. 163, Heft 7/8: 222-243.
redescription	Fadeeva, N. P. (1983). Study of nematodes of the family Sphaerolaimidae Filip'ev, 1918 Nematoda, Monhysterida from the Sea of Japan. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 62(9): 1321-1333.
redescription	Lorenzen, S. (1969). Freilebende Meeresnematoden aus dem Schlickwatt und den Salzwiesen der Nordseeküste. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. XI: 195-238.
redescription	Turpeenniemi, T. A. (1997). Description of Eumonhystera borealis n. sp. and Sphaerolaimus occidentalis n. sp., and a redescription of S. gracilis de Man 1876 (Nemata) from Bothnian Bay, Baltic Sea. Journal of Nematology. 29: 65-81.
redescription	Allgén, C. A. (1959). Freeliving marine nematodes. Further zoological results of the Swedish Antarctic expedition, 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. V(2) P.A. Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm. 293 pp.
taxonomy source	Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Postembryonic morphology in Epsilonematidae, with a discussion on the variability of caudal gland outlets. Journal of Nematology. 97-118.
ecology source	Vincx, M. (1989). Seasonal fluctuations and production of nematode communities in the Belgian coastal zone of the North Sea. Verhandelingen van het symposium "Invertebraten van Belgie". 57-66.
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	Ansari, K. G. M. T.; Manokaran, S.; Raja, S.; Lyla, P. S.; Khan, S. A. (2013). Interaction of free-living marine nematodes in the artificial mangrove environment (southeast coast of India). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 186(1): 293-305.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Sphaerolaimus gracilis de Man, 1876. 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:121489

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Sphaerolaimus gracilis de Man, 1876. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6793bcc2-251c-4631-a969-f362d1a2a3d3