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).

Class Subclass Order Suborder Family (Wikilinked) Species Habitat*
Adenophorea Enoplia Enoplida Enoplina Anoplostomatidae Anoplostoma subulatum Gerlach, 1957 MG
Adenophorea Enoplia Enoplida Enoplina Oxystominidae Halalaimus supercirrhatus Gerlach, 1955 SB/MG

Oxystomina elongata (Butschli, 1874) SB

Adenophorea Enoplia Enoplida Enoplina Oncholaimidae Viscosia meridionalis Kreis, 1932 SB/MG

Oncholaimus brachycercus De Man, 1889 MG
Oncholaimus campylocercoides De Coninck & Stekhoven, 1933 SB
Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen, 1911 SB/MG

Adenophorea Enoplia Enoplida Tripyloidina Tripyloididae Bathylaimus setosicaudatus Timm, 1961 SB

Ingenia mirabilis Gerlach, 1957 SB

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Chromadorina Chromadoridae 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/MG

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Chromadorina Cyatholaimidae

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 SB

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Chromadorina Selachinematidae Halichoanolaimus chordiurus Gerlach, 1955 SB/MG

Gammanema kosswigi Gerlach, 1964 SB

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Chromadorina Comesomatidae Dorylaimopsis turneri Zhang, 1992 MG

Metacomesoma aequale Gerlach, 1956 SB/MG
Paracomesoma inaequale Jensen & Gerlach, 1977 SB

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Chromadorina Desmodoridae Desmodora cazca Nicholas et al., 1988 SB/MG

Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) SB/MG
Metachromadora onyxoides Chitwood, 1936 SB/MG

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Leptolaimina Leptolaimidae Leptolaimus gerlachi Murphy, 1956 SB

Leptolaimus luridus Timm, 1963 SB
Leptolaimus venustus Lorenzen, 1972 SB

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Chromadorina Ceramonematidae Ceramonema filum Gerlach, 1957 SB
Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Monhysterida Monhysteridae Sphaerotheristus macrostoma (Timm, 1963) SB
Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Monhysterida 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/MG

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Monhysterida Sphaerolaimidae Sphaerolaimus penicillus Gerlach, 1956 SB/MG
Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Monhysterida Siphonolaimidae Siphonolaimus purpureus (Cobb, 1894) SB
Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Monhysterida 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/MG

Adenophorea Chromadoria Chromadorida Monhysterida Axonolaimidae Parodontophora pacifica (Allgen, 1947) SB/MG
Synodontoides procerus (Gerlach, 1957) MG
  • MG - mangrove, SB -sandy beach.

References

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  • Shabdin and Othman (2000). Preliminary checklist of freeliving marine nematodes of Sabah, Malaysia. Sabah Parks Nature Journal, 3 : 41-53.
  • Shabdin M.L. & B.H.R. Othman, 1999. Vertical distribution of an intertidal nematodes (Nematoda) and harpacticoid copepods (Copepoda:Harpacticoida) in muddy and sandy bottom of intertidal zone at Lok Kawi Sabah, Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 47(2): 349-363.
  • Shabdin, M.L. and B.H.R. Othman, 2008. Horizontal distribution of intertidal nematode from Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation, 4: 39-53.
  • Shabdin M.L. and B.H.R. Othman, 2005. Seasonal variations of nematodes assemblages in Sabah, Malaysia. The Philippine Scientist 42: 40-66.