Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Desmodorida > Suborder Desmodorina > Superfamily Desmodoroidea > Family Epsilonematidae > Subfamily Epsilonematinae

Leptepsilonema Clasing, 1983

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leptepsilonema procerum Clasing, 1983

Literature

original description	Clasing, E. (1983). Leptepsilonema gen. n. (Nematoda, Epsilonematidae) from Chile and the Caribbean Sea. Zoologica Scripta. 12: 13-17.
basis of record	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	Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N. (2000). New species of Leptepsilonema and Polkepsilonema (Nemata, Epsilonematidae). Cahiers de biologie marine. 41 ((1)): : 5--46.
additional source	Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N.; Helléouet, M. N. (2001). Cosmopolitanism among nematodes: examples from Epsilonematidae. Vie et milieu. 51 (1-2): 1-19.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
taxonomy source	Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Postembryonic morphology in Epsilonematidae, with a discussion on the variability of caudal gland outlets. Journal of Nematology. 97-118.
ecology source	Raes, M.; De Troch, M.; Ndaro, S. G. M.; Muthumbi, A.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). The structuring role of microhabitat type in coral degradation zones: a case study with marine nematodes from Kenya and Zanzibar. Coral Reefs. 26 (1): 13-126.
identification resource	Hendricks, M. G. J.; Gibbons, M. J. (2010). Two new nematode species from Saldanha Bay, South Africa: Perepsilonema benguelae sp. nov. and Leptepsilonema saldanhae sp. nov. (Desmodorida, Epsilonematidae). Zootaxa. 2504: 20–30.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Leptepsilonema Clasing, 1983. 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:227477