Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Actinonema longicaudatum
nemátodo, Nematode
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: Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean (Chitwood, 1951) Wieser, 1954
- 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.