Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Linhomoeina > Superfamily Siphonolaimoidea > Family Linhomoeidae > Subfamily Eleutherolaiminae > Genus Eleutherolaimus

Eleutherolaimus elegans Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: species inquirenda

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eleutherolaimus*	Filipjev, 1922	accepted genus name
*Eumorpholaimus*	Schulz, 1932	synonym

Literature

original description	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1942). The free living nematodes of the Mediterranean. III. The Balearic Islands. Zoölogische Mededeelingen. Dl. XXIII, Afl. 3-4: 229-262.
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	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)
taxonomy source	Tchesunov, A. V.; Miljutin, D. M. (2006). Three new free-living nematode species (Monhysterida) from the Arctic abyss, with revision of the genus Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922 (Linhomoeidae). Russian Journal of Nematology. 14(1): 57-75.

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Taxonomy

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Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Eleutherolaimus elegans Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942. 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:121686

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