WoRMS taxon details
Zalonema Cobb, 1920
227494 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:227494)
accepted
Genus
Heterodesmodora Micoletzky, 1924 · unaccepted
- Species Zalonema ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Zalonema granda Fadeeva, Mordukhovich & Zograf, 2016
- Species Zalonema iranicum Gharahkhani, Pourjam, Leduc & Pedram, 2021
- Species Zalonema kamchatkaensis Fadeeva, Mordukhovich & Zograf, 2016
- Species Zalonema maldivensis (Gerlach, 1963) Verschelde et al., 1998
- Species Zalonema mariae Larrazábal-Filho, Da Silva & Esteves, 2015
- Species Zalonema megalosoma (Steiner, 1918) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Zalonema myrianae Verschelde & Vincx, 1996
- Species Zalonema propinqua (Allgén, 1951) Gerlach, 1963
- Species Zalonema sesokoensis Leduc, 2022
- Species Zalonema supplementorum Gharahkhani, Pourjam, Leduc & Pedram, 2021
- Species Zalonema vicentei Larrazábal-Filho, Da Silva & Esteves, 2015
- Species Zalonema nudum Cobb, 1920 accepted as Zalonema megalosoma (Steiner, 1918) Gerlach, 1963
marine
Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644 [details] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Zalonema Cobb, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=227494 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Cobb, N. A. (1920). One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). <em>Contributions to a science of nematology.</em> 9: 217-343., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18212644 [details] 
new combination reference Gerlach, S. A. (1963). Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven II. <em>Kieler Meeresforsch.</em> 19: 67-103.
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new combination reference Gerlach, S. A. (1963). Freilebende Meeresnematoden von den Malediven II. <em>Kieler Meeresforsch.</em> 19: 67-103.
page(s): 92; note: Desmodora subgenus Zalonema [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Verschelde, D.; Gourbault, N.; Vincx, M. (1998). Revision of Desmodora with descriptions of new Desmodorids (Nematoda) from hydrothermal vents of the Pacific. <em>J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K.</em> 78: 75-112. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Ecology
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. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 26 (1): 13-126. [details] Available for editors
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Identification resource
identification resource
Fadeeva, N.; Mordukhovich, V.; Zograf, J. (2016). Free-living marine nematodes of Desmodorella and Zalonema (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) with description of two new species from the deep sea of the North Western Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4175(6): 501., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.6.1
note: Key to species [details] Available for editors
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note: Key to species [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Deepsea)
Fadeeva, N.; Mordukhovich, V.; Zograf, J. (2016). Free-living marine nematodes of Desmodorella and Zalonema (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) with description of two new species from the deep sea of the North Western Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4175(6): 501., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.6.1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Verschelde, D.; Nicholas, W.; Vincx, M. (2006). A Review of the Genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): New Species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 571, 17-40. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Verschelde, D.; Nicholas, W.; Vincx, M. (2006). A Review of the Genera Croconema Cobb, 1920 and Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899 (Nematoda, Desmodoroidea): New Species from the Coasts of Kenya and Australia. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 571, 17-40. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]



