Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Oncholaimina > Superfamily Oncholaimoidea > Family Enchelidiidae > Genus Polygastrophora

Polygastrophora alexandriae (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943) Wieser, 1953

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polygastrophora*	de Man, 1922	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Bolbella alexandriae*	Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943	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	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)
new combination reference	Wieser, W. (1953). Der Sexualdimorphismus der Enchelidiidae (freilebende marine Nematoden) als taxonomisches Problem. Zool. Anz. 150: 152-170.
ecology source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H. Jr. (1943). Freilebende marine Nematoden des Mittelmeeres. IV. Freilebende marine Nematoden der Fischereigründe bei Alexandrien. Zool. Jb. (Syst.). 76 (4): 323-378.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Polygastrophora alexandriae (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943) Wieser, 1953. 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:122107