List of nematodes in Sabah

This is a systematic list of 52 species of nematode (Phylum Nematoda) recorded along the coastal area of Sabah, Malaysia. Classification and nomenclature follow Platt & Warwick (1983).

ClassSubclassOrderSuborderFamily (Wikilinked) Species Habitat*AdenophoreaEnopliaEnoplidaEnoplinaAnoplostomatidae Anoplostoma subulatum Gerlach, 1957 MGAdenophoreaEnopliaEnoplidaEnoplinaOxystominidae Halalaimus supercirrhatus Gerlach, 1955 SB/MG Oxystomina elongata (Butschli, 1874) SBAdenophoreaEnopliaEnoplidaEnoplinaOncholaimidae Viscosia meridionalis Kreis, 1932 SB/MG Oncholaimus brachycercus De Man, 1889 MG Oncholaimus campylocercoides De Coninck & Stekhoven, 1933 SB Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen, 1911 SB/MGAdenophoreaEnopliaEnoplidaTripyloidinaTripyloididae Bathylaimus setosicaudatus Timm, 1961 SB Ingenia mirabilis Gerlach, 1957 SBAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaChromadorinaChromadoridae Chromadorella macris (Gerlach, 1956) SB Chromadorella filiformis (Bastian, 1865) SB Chromadorita c.f. leuckarti (De Man, 1876) SB Chromadorita tenuis SB Hypodontolaimus pumilio Gerlach, 1956 SB/MG Ptycholaimellus macrodentatus (Timm, 1961) SB/MGAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaChromadorinaCyatholaimidae Acanthonchus cobbi Chitwood, 1951 SB Marylynnia gerlachi Hopper, 1972 SB/MG Nannolaimoides decoratus Ott, 1972 SB Paralongicyatholaimus macramphis Lorenzen, 1972 SB/MG Xyzzors inglisi Wieser & Hopper, 1967 SBAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaChromadorinaSelachinematidae Halichoanolaimus chordiurus Gerlach, 1955 SB/MG Gammanema kosswigi Gerlach, 1964 SBAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaChromadorinaComesomatidae Dorylaimopsis turneri Zhang, 1992 MG Metacomesoma aequale Gerlach, 1956 SB/MG Paracomesoma inaequale Jensen & Gerlach, 1977 SBAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaChromadorinaDesmodoridae Desmodora cazca Nicholas et al., 1988 SB/MG Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) SB/MG Metachromadora onyxoides Chitwood, 1936 SB/MGAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaLeptolaiminaLeptolaimidae Leptolaimus gerlachi Murphy, 1956 SB Leptolaimus luridus Timm, 1963 SB Leptolaimus venustus Lorenzen, 1972 SBAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaChromadorinaCeramonematidae Ceramonema filum Gerlach, 1957 SBAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaMonhysterida Monhysteridae Sphaerotheristus macrostoma (Timm, 1963) SBAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaMonhysterida Xyalidae Rhynchonema cinctum Cobb, 1920 SB Steineria ampullacea Wieser & Hopper, 1967 SB Daptonema articulatum Lorenzen, 1977 SB/MG Daptonema kornoeense Allgen, 1929 SB/MG Daptonema spirum (Gerlach, 1959) SB/MG Theristus pertenuis Bresslau & Stekhoven, 1935 SB/MG Stylotheristus mutilus (Lorenzen, 1973) SB/MGAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaMonhysterida Sphaerolaimidae Sphaerolaimus penicillus Gerlach, 1956 SB/MGAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaMonhysterida Siphonolaimidae Siphonolaimus purpureus (Cobb, 1894) SBAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaMonhysterida Linhomoeidae Eleutherolaimus hopperi Timm, 1967 SB/MG Paralinhomoeus conspicuus Gerlach, 1957 SB Linhomoeus roseus Gerlach, 1963 SB Metalinhomoeus karachiensis Timm, 1962 SB/MG Metalinhomoeus insularis Timm, 1967 SB Terschellingia communis De Man, 1888 SB/MG Terschellingia longicaudata De Man, 1907 SB/MG Terschellingioides filiformis Timm, 1967 SB/MGAdenophoreaChromadoriaChromadoridaMonhysterida Axonolaimidae Parodontophora pacifica (Allgen, 1947) SB/MGSynodontoides procerus (Gerlach, 1957) MG MG - mangrove, SB -sandy beach.

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