Research Article

Marine Nematodes from the Shallow Subtidal Coast of the Adriatic Sea: Species List and Distribution

Table 1

List of nematode species found along the Marches coast and their distribution in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. Sampling site and habitat/sediment type are reported for each species.

SpeciesSampling siteHabitat/sedimentNew records1,2,3Distribution in the Mediterranean Sea2,3

Order Enoplida
 Family Anoplostomatidae
  Chaetonema riemanni Platt 1973BRSSL/MS ● (A and M)
 Family Anticomidae
  Anticoma eberthi Bastian 1865FISSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea
 Family Enchelidiidae
  Eurystomina ornata (Eberth 1863)BRSSL/MSNorth Adriatic, Ligurian and South Tyrrhenian Sea
 Family Oncholaimidae
  Metoncholaimus albidus (Bastian 1865)FI, BR, PSSL/MS● (A)South Tyrrhenian Sea
  Oncholaimellus calvadosicus De Man 1890FI, BRSSL/MS● (A and M)
  Oncholaimus campylocercoides De Coninck & Schuurmans Stekhoven 1933 FI, BR, PSSL/MSNorth and South Adriatic Sea, Ligurian and South Tyrrhenian Sea
  Oncholaimus dujardinii de Man 1876FI, BRFO, SSL/MSNorth Adriatic, Ligurian and South Tyrrhenian Sea
  Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen 1911FI, BR, PFO, SSL/MS● (A and M)
  Viscosia abyssorum (Allgén 1933)BRSSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea
  Viscosia elegans (Kreis 1924) FI, BR, PSSL/MS● (A)French Coast
 Family Oxystominidae
  Thalassoalaimus tardus de Man 1893FISL/MU● (A and M)
 Family Thoracostomopsidae
  Mesacanthion diplechma (Southern 1914)FI, BRSSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea
 Family Tripyloididae
   Bathylaimus tenuicaudatus (Allgén 1933)FI, BRSSL/MS● (A and M)

Order Trefusiida
 Family Trefusiidae
  Trefusia filicauda Allgén 1933 BRSSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea and French Coast

Order Chromadorida
 Family Chromadoridae
  Chromadorella duopapillata Platt 1973FI, BRSSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea
  Hypodontolaimus cf. dimorphus Wieser 1954FI, BRSSL/MS● (A and M)
  Prochromadorella ditlevseni (de Man 1922)FI, BRSSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea
  Prochromadorella septempapillata Platt 1973FI, BR, PSSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea
  Ptycholaimellus pandispiculatus (Hopper 1961)FI, BRSSL/MS● (A and M)
 Family Cyatholaimidae
  Cyatholaimus gracilis (Eberth 1863) FI, BRSSL/MSNorth Adriatic, Ligurian and South Tyrrhenian Sea, and French coast
  Pomponema sedecima Platt 1973FI, BRSSL/MS● (A and M)
  Praeacanthonchus opheliae (Warwick 1970)BRSSL/MS● (A and M)
 Family Desmodoridae
  Chromaspirina inglisi Warwick 1970FISSL/MS● (A and M)
 Family Neotonchidae
  Filitonchus filiformis (Warwick 1971)FISSL/MS● (A and M)
 Family Leptolaimidae
  Stephanolaimus jayasreei Platt 1983FISSL/MS● (A and M)
 Family Microlaimidae
  Microlaimus teutonicus Riemann 1966 FISSL/MS● (A and M)
 Family Monoposthiidae
  Monoposthia mirabilis Schulz 1932FISSL/MSNorth Adriatic and South Tyrrhenian Sea
  Monoposthia costata (Bastian 1865) BR, FISSL/MSNorth Adriatic, Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Sea
 Family Selachinematidae
  Halichoanolaimus dolichurus Ssaweljev 1912 FISL/MUNorth Adriatic and South Tyrrhenian Sea, French coast
  Synonchiella riemanni Warwick 1970FISSL/MS● (A and M)

Order Monhysterida
 Family Axonolaimidae
  Ascolaimus elongatus (Bütschli 1874) FISL/MU● (A)Ligurian and South Tyrrhenian Sea
  Odontophora rectangula Lorenzen 1972 FI, BR, P SSL, SL/MS, MUNorth Adriatic Sea
  Odontophora wieseri Luc & De Coninck 1959FISSL/MS● (A and M)
 Family Comesomatidae
  Dorylaimopsis mediterranea Grimaldi-De Zio 1968FISL/MUNorth and South Adriatic Sea and French coast
  Sabatieria breviseta Stekhoven 1935FI, BRSL/MUNorth Adriatic Sea
  Sabatieria ornata (Ditlevsen 1918) FI, BR SSL, SL/MS, MUNorth Adriatic Sea
  Sabatieria pulchra (Schneider 1906)BR, FI, P SSL, SL/MS, MUNorth Adriatic Sea and French Coast
  Setosabatieria fibulata (Wieser 1949)FI SSL, SL/MS, MU● (A and M)
  Setosabatieria hilarula (de Man 1922)FI SSL, SL/MS, MUNorth and South Adriatic and Ligurian Sea
 Family Linhomoeidae
  Metalinhomoeus longiseta Kreis 1929FISSL/MS● (A and M)
  Terschellingia longicaudata de Man 1907FISL/MUNorth Adriatic Sea and French Coast
 Family Xyalidae
  Cobbia caledonia Warwick & Platt 1973FISSL/MS● (A and M)
  Cobbia trefusiaeformis de Man 1907FISSL/MS● (A and M)
  Daptonema curvatus Gerlach 1956FI, BRSSL/MS● (A and M)
  Daptonema fistulatum (Wieser & Hopper 1967)FI, BRSSL/MS● (A and M)
  Daptonema furcatum (Juario 1974) FI, BRSSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea
  Paramonhystera buetschlii(Bresslau & Stekhoven in Stekhoven 1935)FI, BRSSL/MS● (A)Mediterranean Sea
  Theristus acer Bastian 1865FI, BRSSL/MSSpanish coast, North Adriatic, and South Tyrrhenian Sea
  Theristus denticulatus Warwick 1970FISSL/MS● (A and M)
  Theristus flevensis Stekhoven 1935FISSL/MSNorth Adriatic Sea
  Trichotheristus floridanus (Wieser & Hopper 1967)FI, BRSSL/MS● (A and M)
  Trichotheristus mirabilis (Stekhoven & De Coninck 1933)FISSL/MSNorth Adriatic, Ligurian and South Tyrrhenian Sea

[●: new record in the Adriatic Sea (A) and in the Mediterranean Sea (M); FO: foreshore; MS: medium sands; MU: muddy sediments; SL: sublittoral; SSL: shallow sublittoral].
Note: 1Travizi and Vidaković [13];2Semprucci et al. [9]; 3http://www.marinespecies.org.