FAMILY Desmodoridae Filipjev, 1922a [=Molgolaimidae Jensen, 1978] [=Spiriniidae Gerlach & Murphy, 1965a] SUBFAMILY Acanthopharynginae Filipjev, 1918a GENUS Acanthopharyngoides Chitwood, 1936:2 SPECIES Acanthopharyngoides bidentatus Jensen, 1985:256 SPECIES Acanthopharyngoides chitwoodi Wieser, 1954 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Acanthopharyngoides duplex [Gerlach 1963] SPECIES Acanthopharyngoides quintus Riemann & Schrage, 1977:49 [36 degree 01.5 minute N, 06 degree 47.9 minute W] SPECIES Acanthopharyngoides scleratus Chitwood, 1936 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Acanthopharyngoides tyrrhenicus Wieser, 1954 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] GENUS Acanthopharynx Marion, 1870a:13 [=Xanthodora Cobb, 1920a] SPECIES Acanthopharynx affinis Marion, 1870 SPECIES Acanthopharynx brachyapitata (Allgén, 1947) [=Desmodora brachyapitata Allgén, 1947] SPECIES Acanthopharynx denticulata Wieser, 1954 SPECIES Acanthopharynx distechei Decraemer & Coomans, 1978:515 SPECIES Acanthopharynx japonica Steiner & Hoeppli, 1926 SPECIES Acanthopharynx merostomacha (Steiner, 1921) [=Desmodora merostomacha Steiner, 1921] SPECIES Acanthopharynx micans Eberth, 1873 [Marion 1870] [=Acanthopharynx marioni Stekhoven, 1942;] [=Acanthopharynx seticauda Stekhoven, 1950] SPECIES Acanthopharynx micramphis Stekhoven, 1942 SPECIES Acanthopharynx nuda (Cobb, 1920) [=Xanthodora nuda Cobb, 1920] SPECIES Acanthopharynx perarmata Marion, 1870 SPECIES Acanthopharynx rigida Stekhoven, 1950 SPECIES Acanthopharynx setosissima Stekhoven, 1943 SPECIES Acanthopharynx similis (Allgén, 1932) [=Desmodora similis Allgén, 1932] SUBFAMILY Desmodorinae Filipjev, 1922a [=Metachromadoridae] GENUS Adelphos Ott, 1997:419 [Type is A. rolandi] SPECIES Adelphos rolandi Ott, 1997:419 [Carrie Bow Cay] GENUS Alaimonema Cobb, 1920:327 [ref. Lorenzen 1981] SPECIES Alaimonema multicinctum Cobb, 1920 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] GENUS Amphispira Cobb, 1920 SPECIES Amphispira rotundicephala Cobb, 1920 GENUS Bolbonema Cobb, 1920:264 [as subgenus of Desmodora; as genus Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.77] TYPE SPECIES Bolbonema brevicollis Cobb, 1920 [ Gerlach 1963; in subgenus Bolbonema; Redescription; Pastor de Ward 1990 p.66] [=Bolbonema brevicolle Cobb, 1920] [orig. genus Desmodora?] SPECIES Bolbonema longisetosum (Jensen, 1985) [syn. Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.78] [=Chromaspirina longisetosum Jensen, 1985] GENUS Catanema Cobb, 1920 [=Robbea Gerlach, 1956b] [syn. Platt & Zhang 1982 p.229] SPECIES Catanema caelestis (Gerlach, 1956) [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] [=Robbea caelestis Gerlach, 1956] SPECIES Catanema macintyrei Platt & Zhang, 1982:231 SPECIES Catanema smo Platt & Zhang, 1982:234 SPECIES Catanema tenax [Gerlach 1963] [=Robbea tenax] GENUS Chromaspirina Filipjev, 1918:4,229 [Muthumbi, Verscheide & Vincx 1996] [=Bulbolaimus Cobb, 1920a] [type is pellucidus] [=Chromaspira Filipjev, 1918:211,213] [=Chromaspirinia] [misspelling in ZR] [=Mesodorus Cobb, 1920:325] [type is cylindricollis] SPECIES Chromaspirina amabilis (de Man, 1922) [=Bolbolaimus amabilis de Man, 1922] SPECIES Chromaspirina cobbi (Chitwood, 1937) [1938?] [=Bolbolaimus cobbi Chitwood, 1937] SPECIES Chromaspirina crinita Gerlach, 1952 SPECIES Chromaspirina cylindricollis (Cobb, 1920) [=Mesodorus cylindricollis Cobb, 1920] SPECIES Chromaspirina denticulata Gerlach, 1953 [Luc & De Coninck 1959] [=Bolbolaimus denticulatus Gerlach, 1953] SPECIES Chromaspirina dimorpha (Hopper, 1961) [=Desmodora dimorpha Hopper, 1961] SPECIES Chromaspirina dubia Inglis, 1968 SPECIES Chromaspirina gerlachi Blome, 1982:103 SPECIES Chromaspirina inaurita Wieser & Hopper, 1967 SPECIES Chromaspirina indica Gerlach, 1963 SPECIES Chromaspirina inflexa (Wieser, 1954) [=Desmodora inflexa Wieser, 1954] SPECIES Chromaspirina inglisi Warwick, 1970 SPECIES Chromaspirina longisetosa (Jensen, 1985):259 [Gulf-of-Mexico] [=Chromaspirinia longisetosa Jensen, 1985] SPECIES Chromaspirina lunatica Gerlach, 1965 SPECIES Chromaspirina madagascariensis Gerlach, 1953 SPECIES Chromaspirina okemwai Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1996:182 SPECIES Chromaspirina parapontica Luc & De Coninck, 1959 SPECIES Chromaspirina parma Ott, 1972 SPECIES Chromaspirina paucispira Stekhoven, 1950 SPECIES Chromaspirina pellita Gerlach, 1954 SPECIES Chromaspirina pellucida Cobb, 1920 [Luc & De Coninck 1959] [=Bolbolaimus pellucidus Cobb, 1920] SPECIES Chromaspirina pontica Filipjev, 1918 SPECIES Chromaspirina punctata Cobb, 1920 [Luc & De Coninck 1959] [=Bolbolaimus punctatus Cobb, 1920] SPECIES Chromaspirina rabosa (Gerlach, 1956) [=Desmodora rabosa Gerlach, 1956] SPECIES Chromaspirina robusta Wieser, 1954 SPECIES Chromaspirina thieryi De Coninck, 1943 SPECIES Chromaspirina vanreuselae Verschelde & Vincx, 1996:2 GENUS Desmodora de Man, 1889b [ref. Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998] SUBGENUS Brachydesmodora Allgén, 1932:461 [no type designated; Chitwood 1935 designated similis Allgén 1932; valid?] [=Desmadora Lameere, 1895:606] [=Mastodex Steiner, 1921:25] [type is kerguelensis] SUBGENUS Croconema Cobb, 1920:332 [as subgenus of Desmodora; as genus Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.78] [=Aculenochus] [misspelling ?] [=Aculeonchus Kreis, 1928] [type is sphaericus] [=Bla Inglis, 1963:537] [type is nini; syn. of Xenodesmodora] [=Xenodesmodora Wieser, 1951:451] [Nomen inquirendum Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998; type is porifera] SPECIES Croconema arcospiculum (Allgén, 1951) [in subgenus Croconema] [=Desmodora arcospiculum Allgén, 1951] TYPE SPECIES Croconema cincta Cobb, 1920 [ Gerlach 1963; in subgenus Croconema] [=Croconema cinctum Cobb, 1920] SPECIES Croconema floriani Verschelde, Nicholas & Vincx, 2006:22 [Kenya; marine] SPECIES Croconema longiseta Stekhoven, 1950 [in subgenus Xenodesmodora; Gerlach 1963; Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.86] SPECIES Croconema mammillata Steiner & Hoeppli, 1926 [in subgenus Croconema; Gerlach 1963] [=Croconema mammillatum Steiner & Hoeppli, 1926] SPECIES Croconema mawsoni Inglis, 1968 [in subgenus Croconema] SPECIES Croconema mediterranea Wieser, 1954 [Gerlach 1963; in subgenus Croconema] [=Croconema mediterraneum Wieser, 1954] SPECIES Croconema nini (Inglis, 1963) [in subgenus Xenodesmodora; Wieser & Hopper 1967] [=Bla nini Inglis, 1963] SPECIES Croconema otti Gourbault & Vincx, 1990:132 SPECIES Croconema pararotundicapitata (Allgén, 1959) [in subgenus Croconema] [=Desmodora pararotundicapitata Allgén, 1959] SPECIES Croconema porifera (Wieser, 1951) [in subgenus Xenodesmodora; Gerlach 1963] [=Xenodesmodora porifera Wieser, 1951] SPECIES Croconema punctata (Jensen, 1985):257 [=Desmodora punctata Jensen, 1985] SPECIES Croconema rotundicapitata (Allgén, 1959) [in subgenus Croconema] [=Desmodora rotundicapitata Allgén, 1959] SPECIES Croconema sphaerica Kreis, 1928 [Kreis in Wieser 1954; in subgenus Croconema] [=Croconema sphaerica Kreis, 1928] SPECIES Croconema stateni (Allgén, 1927) [in subgenus Croconema; Redescription; Pastor de Ward 1990 p.64] [=Desmodora stateni Allgén, 1927] [=Desmodora armata Ditlevsen, 1930] [=Desmodora parasitifera Allgén, 1949] [=Desmodora reducta Allgén, 1953] [=Desmodora stateniaberrans Allgén, 1953] SPECIES Croconema torquens (Gerlach, 1963) [in subgenus Xenodesmodora; Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.86] [=Desmodora torquens Gerlach, 1963] SPECIES Croconema varioannulata (Kreis, 1928) [in subgenus Xenodesmodora; Gerlach 1963] [=Heterodesmodora varioannulata Kreis, 1928] SPECIES Croconema wolfgangi [in subgenus Xenodesmodora] [=Desmodora wolfgangi] [=Xenodesmodora wieseri Inglis, 1968] [praeocc.] SUBGENUS Desmodora de Man, 1889b [=Desmodorella Cobb, 1933:92] [type is cephalatus; valid?] SPECIES Desmodora abyssorum Allgén, 1929 [in subgenus Desmodorella; Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.84 as Desmodorella] SPECIES Desmodora alberti Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998:86 [East Pacific Rise, Guyamas] SPECIES Desmodora angusticollis Daday, 1901 SPECIES Desmodora aquaedulcis Gagarin & Nguyen-Vu-Thah, 2003:1418 [In Russian] SPECIES Desmodora aucklandiae Ditlevsen, 1921 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora australis Allgén, 1959 SPECIES Desmodora balteata (Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998):97 [East Pacific Rise, Guyamas] [=Desmodorella balteata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998] SPECIES Desmodora brachypharynx (Allgén, 1947) [syn. Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx 1996 p.190] [=Pseudochromadora brachypharynx Allgén, 1947] SPECIES Desmodora bullata Steiner, 1916 SPECIES Desmodora californica Allgén, 1947 [in subgenus Desmodora] [=Metachromadora benepapillata Timm, 1961] [in subgenus Bradylaimoides; subgen. Pseudochromadora ??] SPECIES Desmodora campbelli Allgén, 1932 [in subgenus Pseudochromadora; syn. Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx 1996 p.190; Redescription; Pastor de Ward 1990 p.68] [=Desmodora paracampbelli Allgén, 1959] SPECIES Desmodora cephalatus Cobb, 1933 [in subgenus Desmodorella] [=Desmodorella cephalata Cobb, 1933] [=Desmodora norwegica Allgén, 1932] SPECIES Desmodora cephalophora Allgén, 1947 TYPE SPECIES Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) [ de Man 1889; in subgenus Desmodora; Redescription; Bussau 1990 p.174] [=Spiliphera communis Bütschli, 1874] [=Desmodora gracilis Kreis, 1928] [=Desmodora leucocephala Schulz, 1932] [=Desmodora problematica Allgén, 1929] [=Desmodora serpentulus de Man, 1889] [=Desmodora suecica Allgén, 1929] [as subspecies of serpentulus] SPECIES Desmodora conica Vitiello, 1971 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora coniseta Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950 [in subgenus Pseudochromadora; syn. Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx 1996 p.190] SPECIES Desmodora crassa Allgén, 1951 SPECIES Desmodora cuddlesae Inglis, 1963 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora curvispiculum Jensen, 1985:257 [Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.84 as Desmodorella] SPECIES Desmodora deconincki Inglis, 1967 [in subgenus Pseudochromadora; syn. Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx 1996 p.190] SPECIES Desmodora dubia Allgén, 1947 SPECIES Desmodora elegans Allgén, 1959 SPECIES Desmodora eucraspedota Schulz, 1932 SPECIES Desmodora extensa Wieser, 1954 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora falklandiae Allgén, 1959 SPECIES Desmodora filispiculum Lorenzen, 1976 [placed in Desmodorella by Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.84] SPECIES Desmodora gerlachi Vitiello, 1971 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora granulata Vincx & Gourbault, 1989:111 SPECIES Desmodora greenpatchi Allgén, 1953 SPECIES Desmodora hirsuta (Chitwood, 1936) [Gerlach 1963; in subgenus Desmodora; Diagnostic; Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thah 2003 p.1422; Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.84 as Desmodorella] [=Heterodesmodora hirsuta Chitwood, 1936] [=Desmodora schulzi Gerlach, 1950] SPECIES Desmodora intermedia Allgén, 1940 SPECIES Desmodora irregularis Filipjev, 1946 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora kerguelensis (Steiner, 1921) [Gerlach 1963] [=Mastodex kerguelensis Steiner, 1921] SPECIES Desmodora leptura Allgén, 1959 SPECIES Desmodora longicaudata Allgén, 1959 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora marci Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998:94 [Lau Basin, Hine Hina] SPECIES Desmodora michaelseni Steiner, 1918 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora microchaeta Allgén, 1929 [1922?; in subgenus Pseudochromadora; syn. Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx 1996 p.190] [=Desmodora macramphis Stekhoven, 1950] SPECIES Desmodora microchaetoides Allgén, 1933 SPECIES Desmodora minuta Wieser, 1954 SPECIES Desmodora nani Murphy, 1965 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora notomicrochaeta Allgén, 1959 SPECIES Desmodora nudicapitata Cobb, 1890 SPECIES Desmodora nybelini Allgén, 1954 SPECIES Desmodora odhneri Allgén, 1959 SPECIES Desmodora papillata Daday, 1901 SPECIES Desmodora papillostoma Murphy, 1962 [in subgenus Desmodora; Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.84 as Desmodorella] SPECIES Desmodora parintermedia Allgén, 1947 SPECIES Desmodora pilosa Ditlevsen, 1926 [in subgenus Desmodora; escription; Jensen 1991 p.61] [=Desmodora gorbunovi Filipjev, 1946] [=Desmodora perforata Filipjev, 1946] [as subspecies of gorbunovi] SPECIES Desmodora polychaeta Allgén, 1929 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora pontica Filipjev, 1922 [in subgenus Pseudochromadora; syn. Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx 1996 p.190] SPECIES Desmodora poseidoni Steiner, 1916 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora roscoffiensis Luc & De Coninck, 1959 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora sanguinea Southern, 1914 [in subgenus Desmodora; Diagnostic; Gagarin & Nguyen Vu Thah 2003 p.1422; Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.84 as Desmodorella] SPECIES Desmodora scaldensis de Man, 1889 [in subgenus Desmodora] [=Desmodora paramicrochaeta Allgén, 1947] SPECIES Desmodora septentrionalis Kreis, 1963 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora sinuata Lorenzen, 1976 [syn. Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.84 as Desmodorella] SPECIES Desmodora spineacaudata (Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998):104 [East Pacific Rise, Guyamas] [=Desmodorella spineacaudata Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998] SPECIES Desmodora tenuicauda Allgén, 1932 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora tenuidentata Kreis, 1963 [in subgenus Desmodora] SPECIES Desmodora wieseri Gerlach, 1963 [in subgenus Desmodora; Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.81 as Desmodorella] SUBGENUS Pseudochromadora Daday, 1899:562 [as subgenus of Desmodora; as genus Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998] [=Bradylaimoides Timm, 1961:63] [type is benepapillata Timm 1961] [=Micromicron Cobb, 1920:324] [type is cephalatum] [=Pseudochromodora] [misspelling ZR] SPECIES Pseudochromadora buccobulbosa Verschelde & Vincx, 1995:24 SPECIES Pseudochromadora cazca (Gerlach, 1956) [in subgenus Pseudochromadora] [=Desmodora cazca Gerlach, 1956] SPECIES Pseudochromadora cephalata Cobb, 1920 [Andrássy 1959; in subgenus Pseudochromadora] [=Micromicron cephalatum Cobb, 1920] SPECIES Pseudochromadora cliftensis (Turpeenniemi, Nasira & Maqbool, 2001):5 [=Desmodora cliftensis Turpeenniemi, Nasira & Maqbool, 2001] SPECIES Pseudochromadora conocephala (Steiner, 1918) [=Desmodora conocephala Steiner, 1918] SPECIES Pseudochromadora coomansi Verschelde & Vincx, 1995:19 SPECIES Pseudochromadora galeata Verschelde, Nicholas & Vincx, 2006:27 [Australia; New South Wales (marine)] SPECIES Pseudochromadora incubans Gourbault & Vincx, 1990:137 SPECIES Pseudochromadora interdigitatum Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1996:186 SPECIES Pseudochromadora luticola (Timm, 1952) [in subgenus Pseudochromadora; Andrássy 1959] [=Micromicron luticola Timm, 1952] TYPE SPECIES Pseudochromadora quadripapillata Daday, 1899 [ in subgenus Pseudochromadora; Gerlach 1963] SPECIES Pseudochromadora schulzi (Gerlach, 1950) [Redescription; Vincx 1983 p.172; Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.84 as Desmodorella] [=Desmodora schulzi Gerlach, 1950] SPECIES Pseudochromadora securis Verschelde, Nicholas & Vincx, 2006:37 [Australia; New South Wales (marine)] SUBGENUS Sibayinema Swart & Heyns, 1991:276 [Type is D. natalensis] SPECIES Sibayinema natalensis (Swart & Heyns, 1991):276 [=Desmodora natalensis Swart & Heyns, 1991] GENUS Echinodesmodora Blome, 1982:114 SPECIES Echinodesmodora axi Blome, 1982:116 SPECIES Echinodesmodora moensi Verschelde & Vincx, 1996:13 SPECIES Echinodesmodora spinulosa Wieser, 1959 [syn. Blome 1982 p.114] GENUS Eubostrichus Greef, 1869 SPECIES Eubostrichus africanus Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1996:190 [(marine)] SPECIES Eubostrichus dianae SPECIES Eubostrichus exilis Cobb, 1920 [Gerlach 1963] [=Catanema exile Cobb, 1920] TYPE SPECIES Eubostrichus filiformis Greef, 1869 SPECIES Eubostrichus longosetosus Muthumbi, Verschelde & Vincx, 1996:192 SPECIES Eubostrichus parasitiferus Chitwood, 1936 SPECIES Eubostrichus phalacrus Greeff, 1869 SPECIES Eubostrichus topiarius Berger, Urbancik & Ott, 1996:522 GENUS Eudesmodora Allgén, 1932:441 GENUS Heterodesmodora Micoletzky, 1924:228 [syn. of Zalonema?] GENUS Laxonema Cobb, 1920:243 SPECIES Laxonema majum Cobb, 1920 GENUS Leptonemella Cobb, 1920 [Diagnostic; Hoschitz, Buchholz & Ott 1999 p.433] SPECIES Leptonemella aphanothecae SPECIES Leptonemella cincta Cobb, 1920 SPECIES Leptonemella froeyensis (Allgén, 1946) [=Desmodora froeyensis Allgén, 1946] SPECIES Leptonemella gorgo Gerlach, 1950 SPECIES Leptonemella juliae Hoschitz, Buchholz & Ott, 1999:424 [Rovinj, Bay of Vestar] SPECIES Leptonemella parabullata (Allgén, 1946) [=Desmodora parabullata Allgén, 1946] SPECIES Leptonemella sigma Gerlach, 1950 SPECIES Leptonemella vestari Hoschitz, Buchholz & Ott, 1999:428 [Rovinj, Bay of Vestar] SPECIES Leptonemella vicina Riemann, Thiermann & Bock, 2003:118 GENUS Metachromadora Filipjev, 1918 SUBGENUS Bradylaimus Stekhoven, 1931a SPECIES Bradylaimus gerlachi (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) [in subgenus Bradylaimus] [=Metachromadora gerlachi Wieser & Hopper, 1967] [=Metonyx horridus Chitwood, 1936] SPECIES Bradylaimus nyalii (Verschelde & Vincx, 1996):17 [=Metachromadora nyalii Verschelde & Vincx, 1996] SPECIES Bradylaimus onyxoides (Chitwood, 1936) [in subgenus Bradylaimus] [=Metachromadora onyxoides Chitwood, 1936] SPECIES Bradylaimus pneumatica (Gerlach, 1956) [in subgenus Bradylaimus] [=Metachromadora pneumatica Gerlach, 1956] SPECIES Bradylaimus setosa (Hopper, 1961) [in subgenus Bradylaimus] [=Metachromadora setosa Hopper, 1961] SPECIES Bradylaimus spectans (Gerlach, 1957) [in subgenus Bradylaimus] [=Metachromadora spectans Gerlach, 1957] SPECIES Bradylaimus suecica Allgén, 1929 [Schulz 1938; in subgenus Bradylaimus] [=Bradylaimus parvus Stekhoven, 1931] [=Oistolaimus suecicus Allgén, 1929] SUBGENUS Chromadoropsis Filipjev, 1918a SPECIES Chromadoropsis pacifica (Murphy, 1964) [in subgenus Chromadoropsis] [=Metachromadora pacifica Murphy, 1964] SPECIES Chromadoropsis quadribula (Gerlach, 1956) [in subgenus Chromadoropsis] [=Metachromadora quadribula Gerlach, 1956] SPECIES Chromadoropsis quadribulba (Gerlach, 1956) [=Metachromadora quadribulba Gerlach, 1956] TYPE SPECIES Chromadoropsis vivipara (de Man, 1907) [ Allgén 1928; in subgenus Chromadoropsis] [=Chromadora vivipara de Man, 1907] SUBGENUS Metachromadora Filipjev, 1918 [=Ichthyodesmodora Chitwood, 1951:640] [type is chandleri] SPECIES Metachromadora arenaria Stoikov, 1979:97 SPECIES Metachromadora chandleri (Chitwood, 1951) [Timm 1961; in subgenus Metachromadora] [=Ichthyodesmodora chandleri Chitwood, 1951] [=Metachromadora parasitifera Timm, 1952] SPECIES Metachromadora clavata Gerlach, 1957 [in subgenus Metachromadora] SPECIES Metachromadora cystoseirae Filipjev, 1918 [in subgenus Metachromadora] SPECIES Metachromadora itoi Kito, 1978:249 TYPE SPECIES Metachromadora macroutera Filipjev, 1918 [ in subgenus Metachromadora] SPECIES Metachromadora scotlandica Warwick & Platt, 1973 [Scotland] SPECIES Metachromadora serrata Gerlach, 1963 [in subgenus Metachromadora] SPECIES Metachromadora spiralis Gerlach, 1955 [in subgenus Metachromadora] SUBGENUS Metachromadoroides Timm, 1961a SPECIES Metachromadoroides complexa (Timm, 1961) [in subgenus Metachromadoroides] [=Metachromadora complexa Timm, 1961] SPECIES Metachromadoroides pulvinata (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) [in subgenus Metachromadoroides] [=Metachromadora pulvinata Wieser & Hopper, 1967] SPECIES Metachromadoroides remanei (Gerlach, 1951) [Germany; England; in subgenus Metachromadoroides] [=Metachromadora remanei Gerlach, 1951] TYPE SPECIES Metachromadoroides vulgaris (Timm, 1961) [ in subgenus Metachromadoroides] [=Metachromadora vulgaris Timm, 1961] SPECIES Metachromadoroides zaixsi (Pastor-de Ward, 2004):9 [=Metachromadora zaixsi Pastor-de Ward, 2004] SUBGENUS Metonyx Chitwood, 1936:6 TYPE SPECIES Metonyx horrida Chitwood, 1936 [ Gerlach 1951; in subgenus Metonyx] [=Metonyx horridus Chitwood, 1936] SUBGENUS Neonyx N. Cobb in M. Cobb, 1933:91 SPECIES Neonyx alata Cobb, 1933 [Chitwood 1936] SPECIES Neonyx asupplementa Crites, 1961 [Wieser & Hopper 1967; in subgenus Bradylaimus] SPECIES Neonyx campycoma Cobb, 1933 [Chitwood 1936] TYPE SPECIES Neonyx cancellata Cobb, 1933 [Chitwood 1936in subgenus Neonyx] [=Neonyx cancellatus Cobb, 1933] SPECIES Neonyx meridiana (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) [in subgenus Neonyx] [=Metachromadora meridiana Wieser & Hopper, 1967] SPECIES Neonyx obesa (Chitwood, 1936) [in subgenus Neonyx] [=Metachromadora obesa Chitwood, 1936] SPECIES Neonyx pseudocampycoma (Hopper, 1961) [in subgenus Neonyx] [=Metachromadora pseudocampycoma Hopper, 1961] GENUS Metadesmodora Schuurmans Stekhovèn, 1942:241,3 SPECIES Metadesmodora amphidiscata Stekhoven, 1942 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Metadesmodora spinulosa (Wieser, 1959) [Gerlach 1963; see Echinodesmodora ?] [=Chromaspirina spinulosa Wieser, 1959] GENUS Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921 [Molgolaiminae Jensen 1978] SPECIES Molgolaimus abyssorum Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996:18 SPECIES Molgolaimus allgeni (Gerlach, 1950) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166; Redescription; Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus allgeni Gerlach, 1950] SPECIES Molgolaimus australis Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:36 [South Atlantic] SPECIES Molgolaimus carpediem Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:26 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus citrus (Gerlach, 1959) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus citrus Gerlach, 1959] SPECIES Molgolaimus cuanensis (Platt, 1973) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus cuanensis Platt, 1973] SPECIES Molgolaimus demani Jensen, 1978:166 [nomen nova] [=Microlaimus tenuispiculum de Man, 1922] [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166; praeocc. Ditlevsen] SPECIES Molgolaimus drakus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:25 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus exceptionregulum Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:30 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus falliturvisus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:33 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus galluccii Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:32 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus gazii Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996:21 SPECIES Molgolaimus gigaslongincus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:42 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus gigasproximus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:40 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus kiwayui Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996:23 SPECIES Molgolaimus labradorensis (Allgén, 1957) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus labradorensis Allgén, 1957] SPECIES Molgolaimus lazonus (Vitiello, 1971) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus lazonus Vitiello, 1971] SPECIES Molgolaimus liberalis Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:38 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus longispiculum (Timm, 1961) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus longispiculum Timm, 1961] SPECIES Molgolaimus macilenti Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:33 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus mareprofundus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:28 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus minutus Jensen, 1988:152 SPECIES Molgolaimus nettoensis Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:34 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus pacificus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:38 [Fiji; marine] SPECIES Molgolaimus parallgeni (Vitiello, 1973) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus parallgeni Vitiello, 1973] SPECIES Molgolaimus sabakii Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996:23 SPECIES Molgolaimus sapiens Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:27 [South Atlantic] SPECIES Molgolaimus tanai Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996:25 SPECIES Molgolaimus tenuicaudatus (Allgén, 1959) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus tenuicaudatus Allgén, 1959] SPECIES Molgolaimus tenuilaimus (Allgén, 1932) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus tenuilaimus Allgén, 1932] SPECIES Molgolaimus tenuispiculum Ditlevsen, 1921 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Molgolaimus turgofrons (Lorenzen, 1972) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166; Redescription; Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus turgofrons Lorenzen, 1972] SPECIES Molgolaimus typicus Furstenberg & Vinex, 1992:249 [host Dictyota dichotoma] SPECIES Molgolaimus tyroi Muthumbi & Vincx, 1996:20 SPECIES Molgolaimus unicus Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:36 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus walbethi Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:38 [Antarctic Ocean] SPECIES Molgolaimus xuxunaraensis Fonseca, Vanreusel & Decraemer, 2006:34 [Antarctic Ocean] GENUS Odontobius Eberth, 1863 [praeocc Rousse. de Vauzème 1834; syn. ?; Anticoma ?] SPECIES Odontobius ceti Roussel de Vanzeme, 1834 [Redescription; Skryabin & Delyamure 1982 p.167; Lorenzen 1986 p.101] GENUS Onyx Cobb, 1891c [rev. Blome & Riemann 1994] [=Oistolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921:4] [type is ferox] SPECIES Onyx adenophorus Blome & Riemann, 1994:1486 SPECIES Onyx cannoni Blome & Riemann, 1994:1488 SPECIES Onyx dimorphus [Gerlach 1963] SPECIES Onyx ferox (Ditlevsen, 1921) [Gerlach 1951] [=Oistolaimus ferox Ditlevsen, 1921] SPECIES Onyx macramphis Blome & Riemann, 1994:1484 TYPE SPECIES Onyx perfectus Cobb, 1891 [ Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Onyx rugatus Wieser, 1959 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Onyx sagittarius Gerlach, 1950 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Onyx septempapillatus Wieser, 1954 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] GENUS Papillonema Verschelde, Muthumbi & Vincx, 1995 SPECIES Papillonema clavata Gerlach, 1957 [syn. Verschelde, Muthumbi & Vincx 1995 p.229; see Metachromadora?] TYPE SPECIES Papillonema danieli Verschelde, Muthumbi & Vincx, 1995:226 GENUS Paradesmodora Stekhoven, 1950 SPECIES Paradesmodora campbelli (Allgén, 1932) [Gerlach 1963] [=Spirina campbelli Allgén, 1932] SPECIES Paradesmodora cephalata Stekhoven, 1950 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Paradesmodora immersa Wieser, 1954 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Paradesmodora punctata [Gerlach 1963] SPECIES Paradesmodora sinuosa Ott, 1972 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Paradesmodora supplementatis Inglis, 1968 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Paradesmodora toreutes Wieser & Hopper, 1967 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] GENUS Parallelocoilas Boucher, 1975 TYPE SPECIES Parallelocoilas dollfusi Boucher, 1975 GENUS Parathalassoalaimus Allgén, 1929:11 SPECIES Parathalassoalaimus sabulicola Allgén, 1929 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] GENUS Polysigma Cobb, 1920 SPECIES Polysigma fuscum Gerlach, 1956 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] SPECIES Polysigma uniforme Cobb, 1920 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] GENUS Prodesmodora Micoletzky, 1923a [Molgolaiminae Jensen 1978; Diagnostic; Ocana, Abolafia & Abebe 2001 p.215] SPECIES Prodesmodora arcticus (Mulvey, 1969) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166] [=Microlaimus arcticus Mulvey, 1969] SPECIES Prodesmodora circulata (Micoletzky, 1913) [Micoletzky 1922] [=Tripyla circulata Micoletzky, 1913] [=Microlaimus fluviatilis Cobb, 1914] [=Microlaimus menzelii Hofmänner in Hofmänner & Menzel, 1914] [=Prodesmodora wolgensis Micoletzky, 1923] SPECIES Prodesmodora lepturus (Cillis, 1917) [syn. Jensen 1978 p.166; De Cillis] [=Microlaimus lepturus Cillis, 1917] SPECIES Prodesmodora loksai Andrássy, 1989:6 SPECIES Prodesmodora minuta (W. Schneider, 1937) [=Paramicrolaimus minuta W. Schneider, 1937] SPECIES Prodesmodora nigra Ocana, Abolafia & Abebe, 2001:213 [Malaga, Sierra Bermeja, Estepona area] SPECIES Prodesmodora nurta Zullini, 1988:281 SPECIES Prodesmodora pantalicae Colomba & Vinciguerra, 1980:95 SPECIES Prodesmodora terricola (Altherr, 1952) [=Paramicrolaimus terricola Altherr, 1952] SPECIES Prodesmodora zullini Ocana, Abolafia & Abebe, 2001:210 [Malaga, Yunquera] GENUS Psammonema Verschelde & Vincx, 1995 [Type is P. ovisetosum] SPECIES Psammonema ovisetosum Verschelde & Vincx, 1995:12 GENUS Pseudodesmodora Boucher, 1975:120 TYPE SPECIES Pseudodesmodora amphidiscata Boucher, 1975:120 SPECIES Pseudodesmodora bipapillata (Gerlach, 1967) [syn. Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.85; in subgenus Pseudochromadora] [=Desmodora bipapillata Gerlach, 1967] SPECIES Pseudodesmodora bulbosa (Jensen, 1985):258 [Gulf-of-Mexico; syn. Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.85; in subgenus Pseudochromadora] [=Desmodora bulbosa Jensen, 1985] GENUS Pseudometachromadora Timm, 1952a SPECIES Pseudometachromadora longilaima (Stekhoven, 1950) [Timm 1952] [=Metachromadora longilaima Stekhoven, 1950] SPECIES Pseudometachromadora papillata (Stekhoven, 1950) [Timm 1952] [=Metachromadora papillata Stekhoven, 1950] GENUS Ruamowhitia Yeates, 1967:794 [Enoplidae by Andrássy] SPECIES Ruamowhitia orae Yeates, 1967 [Gerlach & Riemann 1974] GENUS Sigmophoranema Hope & Murphy, 1972 [=Parachromadora Schulz, 1938a] [praeocc. de Man 1893] [=Sigmophora Cobb in Cobb, 1933a] [praeocc. Rondani 1867] SPECIES Sigmophoranema brevispiculatum Inglis, 1963 [=Sigmophora brevispiculata Inglis, 1963] SPECIES Sigmophoranema litorale Schulz, 1938 [Gerlach 1951] [=Parachromadora litoralis Schulz, 1938] SPECIES Sigmophoranema monstrosum (Gerlach, 1956) [=Sigmophora monstrosum Gerlach, 1956] SPECIES Sigmophoranema rufum (Cobb, 1933) [=Sigmophora rufum Cobb, 1933] GENUS Spirinia Gerlach, 1963b:67 [nomen nova] [=Spira Bastian, 1865a:159] [praeocc. Brown 1844 in Mollusca; type is parasitifera; de Man 1877 ?] [=Spirina Filipjev, 1918a] [praeocc.] SUBGENUS Perspira Wieser & Hopper, 1967:272 [as genus Vincx & Gourbault 1989 p.104] [=Perspiria] [misspelling?] SPECIES Perspira flagellata (Vitiello, 1971) [in subgenus Perspiria] [=Spirinia flagellata Vitiello, 1971] SPECIES Perspira hamata (Wieser & Hopper, 1967) [in subgenus Perspiria] [=Spirinia hamata Wieser & Hopper, 1967] SPECIES Perspira megamphida (Vincx & Gourbault, 1989) [France; marine] [=Perspiria megamphida Vincx & Gourbault, 1989] SPECIES Perspira papillata (Vincx & Gourbault, 1989):107 [France; marine] [=Perspiria papillata Vincx & Gourbault, 1989] SPECIES Perspira septeptrionalis Cobb, 1914 [Redescription; Pastor de Ward 1990 p.70] SUBGENUS Spirinia Gerlach, 1963b SPECIES Spirinia elongata De Castro, Campinas-Bezerra, Da Silva & Fonseca-Genevois, 2006:60 [Brazil; marine] SPECIES Spirinia gerlachi Luc & De Coninck, 1959 [in subgenus Spirinia] SPECIES Spirinia granulata Allgén, 1929 [in subgenus Spirinia] SPECIES Spirinia laevioides Gerlach, 1963 [in subgenus Spirinia] SPECIES Spirinia laevis (Bastian, 1865) [in subgenus Spirinia] [=Spira laevis Bastian, 1865] [=Spirinia pilosa Allgén, 1935] SPECIES Spirinia parasitifera (Bastian, 1865) [in subgenus Spirinia; Redescription; Vincx & Gourbault 1989 p.109] [=Spira parasitifera Bastian, 1865] [=Spirinia nidrosiesis Allgén, 1933] [=Spiliphera oxycephala Bütschli, 1874] [=Spirinia rouvillei Stekhoven, 1950] [=Spirinia zosterae Filipjev, 1918] SPECIES Spirinia sabulicola Filipjev, 1918 [in subgenus Spirinia] SPECIES Spirinia schneideri (Villot, 1875) [in subgenus Spirinia] [=Spira schneideri Villot, 1875] SPECIES Spirinia septentrionalis (Cobb, 1914) [in subgenus Spirinia; Redescription; Pastor de Ward 1990 p.70] [=Spira septentrionalis Cobb, 1914] [=Spirinia pacifica Allgén, 1951] SPECIES Spirinia similis (Cobb, 1898) [in subgenus Spirinia] [=Spira similis Cobb, 1898] SPECIES Spirinia striaticaudata Timm, 1962 [in subgenus Spirinia; Wieser & Hopper 1967] SPECIES Spirinia tenuicauda Allgén, 1959 [in subgenus Spirinia] GENUS Stygodesmodora Blome, 1982:112 SPECIES Stygodesmodora bacillicauda (Gerlach, 1963) [syn. Blome 1982 p.112] [=Metadesmodora bacillicauda Gerlach, 1963] SPECIES Stygodesmodora epixantha Blome, 1982:113 GENUS Xenonema Cobb, 1920:323 SPECIES Xenonema obesum Cobb, 1920 [Gerlach & Riemann 1973] GENUS Zalonema Cobb, 1920:272 [as subgenus of Desmodora; ref. Verschelde & Vincx 1996 p.7; Syn. Heterodesmodora Micoletzky 1924] SPECIES Zalonema ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) [in subgenus Zalonema] [=Desmodora ditlevseni Micoletzky, 1922] [=Desmodora ocellata Wieser, 1954] SPECIES Zalonema maldivensis (Gerlach, 1963) [in subgenus Desmodora; syn. Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx 1998 p.85] [=Desmodora maldivensis Gerlach, 1963] SPECIES Zalonema megalosoma (Steiner, 1918) [in subgenus Zalonema] [=Desmodora megalosoma Steiner, 1918] [=Zalonema nudum Cobb, 1920] [valid?] SPECIES Zalonema myrianae Verschelde & Vincx, 1996:8 SPECIES Zalonema propinqua (Allgén, 1951) [in subgenus Zalonema] [=Desmodora propinqua Allgén, 1951] SUBFAMILY Stilbonematinae Chitwood, 1936b GENUS Laxus Cobb, 1894c SPECIES Laxus cobbi (Inglis, 1967) [syn. Ott, Bauer Nebelsick & Novotny 1995 p.525] [=Catanema cobbi Inglis, 1967] SPECIES Laxus contortus Cobb, 1894 SPECIES Laxus cosmopolitus Ott, Bauer-Nebelsick & Novotny, 1995:517 TYPE SPECIES Laxus longus Cobb, 1894c SPECIES Laxus oneistus Ott, Bauer-Nebelsick & Novotny, 1995:509 GENUS Squanema Gerlach, 1963b SPECIES Squanema articulatum Gerlach, 1963 GENUS Stilbonema Cobb, 1920a SPECIES Stilbonema annulatum Gerlach, 1963 SPECIES Stilbonema brevicolle Cobb, 1920 SPECIES Stilbonema maium