Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Enoplina > Superfamily Enoploidea > Family Thoracostomopsidae > Subfamily Enoplolaiminae > Genus Mesacanthion

Mesacanthion diplechma (Southern, 1914) Filipjev, 1927

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesacanthion*	Filipjev, 1927	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Enoplus diplechma*	Southern, 1914	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	Heip, C.; Herman, R.; Vincx, M. (1983). Subtidal meiofauna of the North Sea: A review. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea. 51: 116-170.
additional source	Warwick, R. M. (1973). Freeliving marine nematodes from the Indian Ocean. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Zool.). 25 (3):85-117.
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	Semprucci, F. (2013). Marine Nematodes from the Shallow Subtidal Coast of the Adriatic Sea: Species List and Distribution. International Journal of Biodiversity. 2013: 1-9.
additional source	Boyd, S. E.; Rees, H. L.; Richardson, C. A. (2000). Nematodes as Sensitive Indicators of Change at Dredged Material Disposal Sites. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 51: 805–819.
additional source	Lorenzen, S. (1974). Die Nematodenfauna der sublitoralen Region der Deutschen Bucht, insbesondere im Titan-Abwassergebiet bei Helgoland. Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh. 14: 305-327.
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	Mahmoudi, E.; Essid, N.; Beyrem, H.; Hedfi, A.; Boufahdja, F.; Aïssa, P.; Vitiello, P. (2008). Mussel-farming effects on Mediterranean benthic nematode communities. Nematology. 10 (3): 323-333.
additional source	Van de Velde, B. (2003). Evaluatie en opvolging van een strandverstoringsexperiment met behulp van mariene nematoden. Lic. Thesis UGent.
additional source	Gheskiere, T. (2000). Structurele diversiteit van nematodengemeenschappen van de Bligh Bank (Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee).
new combination reference	Filipjev, I. N. (1927). Les Nématodes libres des mers septentrionales appartenant a la famille des Enoplidae. Arch. Naturgesch. 91 A (6): 1-216.
ecology source	Leduc, D. (2009). Description of Oncholaimus moanae sp. nov. (Nematoda: Oncholaimidae), with notes on feeding ecology based on isotopic and fatty acid composition. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 89(2): 337-344.
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	Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Nemathelmia, Kinorhyncha, and Chaetognatha. Proceedings of the the Royal Irish Academy. 31, part 54, section 3: 1-80, plates I-XII.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Mesacanthion diplechma (Southern, 1914) Filipjev, 1927. 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:121890