Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Chromadorida > Suborder Chromadorina > Superfamily Chromadoroidea > Family Chromadoridae > Subfamily Spilipherinae > Genus Acantholaimus

Acantholaimus elegans Jensen, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acantholaimus*	Allgén, 1933	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Jensen, P. (1988). Four new nematode species, abundant in the deep-sea benthos of the Norwegian Sea. Sarsia. 73: 149-155.
basis of record	Muthumbi, A. W.; Vincx, M. (1997). Acantholaimus (Chromadoridae: Nematoda) from the Indian Ocean: description of seven species. Hydrobiologia. 346: 59-76.
additional source	Vermeeren, H. (2002). Biogeografie van Antarctische diepzeenematoden: species turn-over in dominante genera van de familie Chromadoridae. Licentiaatsthesis UGent Faculteit Wetenschappen Academiejaar 2001-2002.
additional source	Miljutin, D. M.; Gad, G.; Miljutina, M. M.; Mokievsky, V. O.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Esteves, A. M. (2010). The state of knowledge on deep-sea nematode taxonomy: how many valid species are known down there?. Marine Biodiversity. 40(3): 143-159.
taxonomy source	Manoel, A.; Esteves, A. M.; Neres, P. F. (2022). Two new species of Acantholaimus (Nematoda, Chromadoridae) from the deep southeastern Atlantic (Santos Basin). Zootaxa. 5209(2): 238-256.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Acantholaimus elegans Jensen, 1988. 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:221259