Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Actinonema longicaudatum (Steiner, 1918) Wieser, 1954

nemátodo, Nematode

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Nematoda

Class
Chromadorea

Order
Chromadorida

Suborder
Chromadorina

Superfamily
Chromadoroidea

Family
Chromadoridae

Genus
Actinonema

Species
longicaudatum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Actinonema setifer Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943, Euchromadora longicaudata Steiner, 1918, Pareuchromadora fragilis Allgén, 1942, Pareuchromadora setifer Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean (Chitwood, 1951) Wieser, 1954

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Westheide, W. (1991) The meiofauna of the Galápagos: a review. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 37-73.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Actinonema longicaudatum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15124. Accessed 16 July 2025.