Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Plectida > Suborder Plectina > Superfamily Leptolaimoidea

Leptolaimidae Örley, 1880

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Peresianidae*	Lorenzen, 1981	synonym

Children

Hemiplectus Zell, 1991
Leptolaiminae Örley, 1880

Literature

basis of record	Nemaslan: Biodiversity of Antarctic Nematodes (2004).
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	Flint, H. C.; Copley, J. T. P.; Ferrero, T. J.; Van Dover, C. L. (2006). Patterns of nematode diversity at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. Cah. Biol. Mar. 47: 365-370.
additional source	Pastor de Ward, C. T. (1984). Nematodes marinos de la Ria Deseado (Leptolaimina Leptolaimidae, Haliplectidae) Santa Cruz, Argentina. Physus. Secc. A, 42 (103): 87-92.
taxonomy source	Tchesunov, A. V.; Miljutin, D. M. (2007). Free-living nematodes of the genus Alaimella Cobb 1920 (Nematoda : Leptolaimidae): A description of A-macramphis sp n. from the White Sea and a revision of the genus. Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 33 (2): 92-97.
taxonomy source	Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.). (2014). Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia and Gnathifera: 2. Nematoda. Handbook of Zoology (2010) Walter De Gruyter: Berlin. 759 pp.
taxonomy source	De Ley, P.; Blaxter, M. L. (2004). A new system for Nematoda: combining morphological characters with molecular trees, and translating clades into ranks and taxa. Nematology Monographs & Perspectives - Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. 2: 633-653.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Leptolaimidae Örley, 1880. 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:2178

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Leptolaimidae Örley, 1880. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ebaa3d57-204a-46a0-a9f7-8040ba2ad150