• Oncholaimidae Filipjev, 1916.

  Type genus:

   Oncholaimus Dujardin, 1845.

History of changes

• PELAGONEMATINAE De Coninck, 1965.

History of changes

• Pelagonema Cobb, N.A. 1894. Tricoma and other new nematode genera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8(2): 389-421 [Date published 13.4.1894] [391].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

• Pelagonema obtusicaudum Filipjev, I.N. 1918. Free-living marine Nematodes from the vicinity of Sevastopol. Pt. I. Trudy Osoboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii Sebastopolskoi Stantsii Rossiikoi series 2 4: 1-614 [120].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson and Disaster Bay, NSW.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Allgén, C. 1951. Das Mannchen des Pelagonema obtusicaudum Filipjev von Port Jackson (Australien). Zoologischer Anzeiger 146: 127-128 (distribution — Port Jackson, Disaster Bay, NSW)

Allgén, C. 1951. Pacific freeliving marine nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916, 76). 3. Some mainly Australian marine freeliving nematodes. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 113: 263-411 (distribution — Port Jackson, Disaster Bay, NSW)

History of changes

• Pelagonema tenue Kreis, H.A. 1928. Die freilebenden marinen Nematoden der Spitzbergen-Expedition von F. Roemer und F. Schaudinn im Jahre 1898. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 14: 131-197 [161-162].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, NSW.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Allgén, C. 1951. Pacific freeliving marine nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916, 76). 3. Some mainly Australian marine freeliving nematodes. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 113: 263-411 (distribution — Port Jackson, NSW)

History of changes

• Adoncholaiminae Gerlach & Riemann, 1974.

  Type genus:

   Adoncholaimus Filipjev, 1918.

History of changes

• Adoncholaimus Filipjev, I.N. 1918. Free-living marine Nematodes from the vicinity of Sevastopol. Pt. I. Trudy Osoboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii Sebastopolskoi Stantsii Rossiikoi series 2 4: 1-614 [110].

  Type species:

   Oncholaimus fuscus Bastian, 1865 (= Adoncholaimus fuscus) by subsequent designation, see Filipjev, I.N. 1918. Free-living marine Nematodes from the vicinity of Sevastopol. Pt. I. Trudy Osoboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii Sebastopolskoi Stantsii Rossiikoi series 2 4: 1-614.

Distribution

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

General References

Hodda, M. & Nicholas, W.L. 1985. Meiofauna associated with mangroves in the Hunter River Estuary and Fullerton Cove, south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 41-50 [45]

History of changes

• Adoncholaimus crassicaudus Wieser, W. 1953. Free-living marine nematodes I. Enoploidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 49(6): 1-155 [Fig 73].

Distribution

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Oncholaimus fuscus Bastian, H.Ch. 1865. Monograph on the Auguillulidae, or free Nematoids, marine, land, and freshwater; with descriptions of 100 new species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25: 73-184 [136].

Generic Combinations

• Adoncholaimus fuscus (Bastian, 1865). —
  Filipjev, I.N. 1918. Free-living marine Nematodes from the vicinity of Sevastopol. Pt. I. Trudy Osoboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii Sebastopolskoi Stantsii Rossiikoi series 2 4: 1-614

History of changes

• Mononcholaimus papillatus Kreis, H.A. 1932. Freilebende marine Nematoden von den Sunda-Inseln. ii. Oncholaiminae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 93: 23-70 [34].

Generic Combinations

• Adoncholaimus papillatus (Kreis, 1932). —
  Kreis, H.A. 1934. Oncholaiminae Filipjev 1916. Eine monographische Studie. Capita Zoologica 4(5): 1-271 [252]

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef.

History of changes

• Metoncholaimoides Wieser, W. 1953. Free-living marine nematodes I. Enoploidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 49(6): 1-155 [102, 121].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

History of changes

• Metoncholaimus brevispiculum Mawson, P.M. 1957. Marine freeliving nematodes from South Australia Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 98-108 [101-102].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) WAM ♂6, ♀7 (Brighton, on jetty piles among Galleolaria caespitosa and algae), Brighton, on jetty piles, in Gulf St Vincent, South Australia.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1957. Marine freeliving nematodes from South Australia Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 98-108 (distribution — Brighton, SA)

History of changes

• Oncholaimus pristiurus Strassen, O. zur 1894. Über das rohrenförmige Organ von Oncholaimus. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 58: 460-474 [461].

Generic Combinations

• Metoncholaimoides pristiurus (Strassen, 1894). —
  Filipjev, I.N. 1918. Free-living marine Nematodes from the vicinity of Sevastopol. Pt. I. Trudy Osoboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii Sebastopolskoi Stantsii Rossiikoi series 2 4: 1-614 [140]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port River, SA.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1953. Some marine freeliving nematodes from the Australian coast. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 34-40 (distribution — Port River, SA)

History of changes

• Metoncholaimoides squalus Wieser, W. 1953. Free-living marine nematodes I. Enoploidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 49(6): 1-155 [121].

Distribution

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Mononcholaimus elegans tasmaniensis Allgén, C. 1927. Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Kuste Tasmaniens. Zoologischer Anzeiger 73: 197-217 [215-216].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

General References

Allgén, C. 1927. Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Kuste Tasmaniens. Zoologischer Anzeiger 73: 197-217 (distribution — Tas)

History of changes

History of changes

• Metoncholaimus Filipjev, I.N. 1918. Free-living marine Nematodes from the vicinity of Sevastopol. Pt. I. Trudy Osoboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii Sebastopolskoi Stantsii Rossiikoi series 2 4: 1-614 [139].

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

History of changes

• Metoncholaimus haplotretos Mawson, P M 1958. Free-living nematodes. Section 2: Additional Enoploidea from Antarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6(13): 291-305 [305].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43376 Vial (labelled as 'Type Material"), BANZARE Stations 42, 107, Antarctic.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Kerguelen Islands

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

History of changes

• Oncholaimus Dujardin, F. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Helminthes. In, Roret's Collections des Suites à Buffon. Paris. [235].
• Oncholaimium Cobb, N.A. 1930. The demanian vessels in nemas of the genus Oncholaimus; with notes on four new Oncholaims. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 20: 225-241 [227].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Alongi, D.M. 1986. Population structure and trophic composition of the free-living nematodes inhabiting carbonate sands of Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 609-619 [614]

Decraemer, W. & Coomans, A. 1978. Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29: 497-508 [502, 505]

Hodda, M. & Nicholas, W.L. 1985. Meiofauna associated with mangroves in the Hunter River Estuary and Fullerton Cove, south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 41-50 [45]

Nicholas, W.L. 2001. Seasonal variations in nematode assemblages on an Australian temperate ocean beach; the effect of heavy seas and unusually high tides. Hydrobiologia 464: 17-26 [20]

Nicholas, W.L., Bird, A.F., Beech, T.A. & Stewart, A.C. 1992. The nematode fauna of the Murray River estuary, South Australia; the effects of the barrages across its mouth. Hydrobiologia 234: 87-101 [94]

Nicholas, W.L. & Hodda, M. 1999. The free-living nematodes of a temperate, high energy, sandy beach: faunal composition and variation over space and time. Hydrobiologia 394: 113-127 [116]

History of changes

• Oncholaimus balli Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1984. Oncholaimus balli n. sp. (Nematoda: Oncholaimidae) from a volcanic crater lake in Papua New Guinea, with observations on the colonisation of the lake by nematodes. Nematologica 30(1): 1-10 [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC43505 Slide ♂, Lake Wisdom, Long Island, Papua New Guinea [5°20"S, 147°6"E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43506 Slide ♀ (As Allotype), Lake Wisdom, Long Island, Papua New Guinea [5°20"S, 147°6"E].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea

History of changes

• Oncholaimus brachycercus de Man, J.G. 1889. Troisième Note sur les Nématodes libres de la mer du Nord et de la Manche. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 2: 182-216 [211].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island, Qld.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Decraemer, W. & Coomans, A. 1978. Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29: 497-508 [502] (distribution — Lizard Island, Qld)

History of changes

• Metoncholaimus brevispiculum Mawson, P.M. 1957. Marine freeliving nematodes from South Australia Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 98-108 [101].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43076 Vial (labelled as "Type Material"), Brighton, South Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Oncholaimus brevispiculum (Mawson, 1957). —
  Wieser, W. & Hopper, B. 1967. Marine nematodes of the east coast of North America. I. Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135: 239-344

Distribution

States

South Australia

History of changes

• Oncholaimus oxyure domesticus Chitwood, B.G. & Chitwood, M.B. 1938. Notes on the 'culture' of aquatic nematodes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 28(10): 455-460 [458].

Generic Combinations

• Oncholaimium domesticum (Chitwood & Chitwood, 1938). —
  Chitwood, B.G. 1960. A preliminary contribution on the marine nemas (Adenophora) of Northern California. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 79: 347-384 [363]
• Oncholaimium oxyure domesticum (Chitwood & Chitwood, 1938). —
  Timm, R.W. 1952. A survey of the marine nematodes of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Contributions from the Chesapeake Biology Laboratories 95: 1-70 [13]

Distribution

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary.

History of changes

• Oncholaimus dujardinii de Man, J.G. 1876. Contributions à la connaissance des nematoides marins du golfe de Naples. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging iii: 31 pp. [7].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, NSW.

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Allgén, C. 1951. Pacific freeliving marine nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916, 76). 3. Some mainly Australian marine freeliving nematodes. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 113: 263-411 (distribution — Port Jackson, NSW)

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Oncholaimus leptos Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 [344].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43299 Vial (labelled as "Type Material"), BANZARE Stations, 19, 48, 54,81B Antarctic Region.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Heard Island.

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Heard Island, Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Oncholaimus opisthonchus Filipjev, I. 1927. Les Nématodes libres des mers septentrionales appartenant à la famille des Enoplidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 91A(6): 1-216 [170].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island, Qld.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Decraemer, W. & Coomans, A. 1978. Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29: 497-508 [502] (distribution — Lizard Island)

History of changes

• Oncholaimus paraegypticus Mawson, P.M. 1956. Free-living nematodes Section I: Enoploidea from Antarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 37-74 [69].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43281 Vial (labelled as "Type Material"), BANZARE Stations 41, 42, 88, 100, 105, 106 Antarctic.

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

History of changes

• Viscosia paralangrunensis Allgén, C. 1947. West American marine nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16 75). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 110: 65-219 [115-116].

Generic Combinations

• Oncholaimus paralangrunensis (Allgén, 1947). —
  Wieser, W. 1953. Free-living marine nematodes I. Enoploidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 49(6): 1-155 [113]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, NSW.

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Allgén, C. 1927. Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Kuste Tasmaniens. Zoologischer Anzeiger 73: 197-217 (distribution — Tas)

Allgén, C. 1951. Pacific freeliving marine nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916, 76). 3. Some mainly Australian marine freeliving nematodes. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 113: 263-411 (distribution — Port Jackson, NSW)

History of changes

• Oncholaimium paredron Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 [346].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43300 Vial (labelled as "Type Material"), AAE Coll. M, West coast, Macquarie Island.

Generic Combinations

• Oncholaimus paredron (Mawson, 1958). —
  Rachor, E. 1969. Das de Mansche Organ der Oncholaimidae, eine genito-intestinale Verbindung bei Nematoden. Zoomorphology (Berlin) 66(2): 87-166 [134]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Kerguelen Island

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Oncholaimus viridis Bastian, H.Ch. 1865. Monograph on the Auguillulidae, or free Nematoids, marine, land, and freshwater; with descriptions of 100 new species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25: 73-184 [137].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, Australia.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

• Prooncholaimus Micoletzky, H. 1924. Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis freilebender Nematoden aus Suez. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 132: 225-262 [242].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

History of changes

• Prooncholaimus mawsonae Inglis, W.G. 1971. Marine Enoplida (Nematoda) from Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 95(2): 65-78 [76-77].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) WAM ♂3, ♀3 (collected from the water filters of the sea-water aquarium in the Zoological Department), Zoology Department, University of Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

General References

Inglis, W.G. 1971. Marine Enoplida (Nematoda) from Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 95(2): 65-78 (distribution — Aquarium, Perth, WA)

History of changes

• Oncholaimus megastoma Eberth, C.I. 1863. Untersuchungen über Nematoden. Leipzig : W. Engelmann. 1-77 pp. [26].

Generic Combinations

• Prooncholaimus megastoma (Eberth, 1863). —
  Micoletzky, H. 1924. Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis freilebender Nematoden aus Suez. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 132: 225-262 [242]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Outer Harbour, SA.

Ecological Descriptors

From wharf piles, sublittoral.

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1957. Marine freeliving nematodes from South Australia Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 98-108 [100] (redescription; distribution — Outer Harbour, SA)

History of changes

• Oncholaimellinae De Coninck, 1965.

  Type genus:

   Oncholaimus Dujardin, 1845.

History of changes

• Viscosia de Man, J.G. 1890. Quatième Note sur les Nématodes libres de la mer du Nord et de la Manche. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 3: 169-195 [186].
• Steineria Ditlevsen, Hj. 1928. Free-living marine nematodes from Greenland waters. Meddelelser om Grønland 23(Suppl.): 199-250 [227].
• Steineriella Allgen, C. 1932. Die Desmodoren (Desmodora de Man), ein bemerkenswertes marines Genus der Nematodenfamilie Chromadoridae. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 62: 431-468 [432].
• Mononcholaimus Kreis, H. 1924. Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden marinen Nematoden. Schriften. Süsswasser-Meereskundes 2: 157-170 [167].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Hodda, M. & Nicholas, W.L. 1985. Meiofauna associated with mangroves in the Hunter River Estuary and Fullerton Cove, south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 41-50 [45]

Nicholas, W.L., Bird, A.F., Beech, T.A. & Stewart, A.C. 1992. The nematode fauna of the Murray River estuary, South Australia; the effects of the barrages across its mouth. Hydrobiologia 234: 87-101 [94]

History of changes

• Mononcholaimus bandaensis Kreis, H.A. 1932. Freilebende marine Nematoden von den Sunda-Inseln. ii. Oncholaiminae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 93: 23-70 [38].

Generic Combinations

• Viscosia bandaensis (Kreis, 1932). —
  Kreis, H.A. 1934. Oncholaiminae Filipjev 1916. Eine monographische Studie. Capita Zoologica 4(5): 1-271 [185]

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef.

History of changes

• Mononcholaimus gabriolae Allgen, C.A. 1951. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LXXVI. Pacific freeliving marine nematodes. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 113: 263-411 [Fig 41].

Generic Combinations

• Viscosia gabriolae (Allgen, 1951). —
  Lorenzen, S. 1981. Entwurf eines phylogenetischen Systems der freilebenden Nematoden. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven Supplement 7: 1-472

History of changes

• Oncholaimus glabra Bastian, H.Ch. 1865. Monograph on the Auguillulidae, or free Nematoids, marine, land, and freshwater; with descriptions of 100 new species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25: 73-184 [136].

Generic Combinations

• Viscosia glabra (Bastian, 1865). —
  de Man, J.G. 1890. Quatième Note sur les Nématodes libres de la mer du Nord et de la Manche. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 3: 169-195 [188]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson and Disaster Bay, NSW.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Allgén, C. 1951. Pacific freeliving marine nematodes (Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916, 76). 3. Some mainly Australian marine freeliving nematodes. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 113: 263-411 (distribution — Port Jackson, Disaster Bay, NSW)

History of changes

• Viscosia macramphida Chitwood, B.G. 1951. North American marine nematodes. Texas Journal of Science 3: 617-672 [626, 627].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island and Davies Reef, Qld.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Alongi, D.M. 1986. Population structure and trophic composition of the free-living nematodes inhabiting carbonate sands of Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 609-619 (distribution — Davies Reef, Qld)

Decraemer, W. & Coomans, A. 1978. Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29: 497-508 [502, 505] (distribution — Lizard Island)

History of changes

• Oncholaimus pellucidus Cobb, N.A. 1898. Australian free-living marine nematodes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 383-407 [394].

  Type host:

   Alniphagus aspericollis [CURCULIONIDAE: SCOLYTINAE]

Generic Combinations

• Viscosia pellucida (Cobb, 1898). —
  Filipjev, I.N. 1918. Free-living marine Nematodes from the vicinity of Sevastopol. Pt. I. Trudy Osoboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii Sebastopolskoi Stantsii Rossiikoi series 2 4: 1-614 [85]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, NSW.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Cobb, N.A. 1898. Australian free-living marine nematodes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 383-407 (distribution — Port Jackson, NSW)

History of changes

• Viscosia wieseri Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 [305].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43301 Vial (labelled as "Type Material"), BANZARE Station No. 12, 15, 47, 51, 53, 54, 58, 64, 83, Antarctic.

Distribution

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Pontonematinae Gerlach, A. & Riemann, F. 1974. The Bremerhaven Checklist of Aquatic Nematodes. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven Supplement 4(2): 1-730 [597].

  Type genus:

   Pontonema Leidy, 1855.

History of changes

• Pontonema Leidy, J. 1855. Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 3: 135-152 [144].
• Paroncholaimus Filipjev, I. 1916. Les nématodes libres contenus dans les collections du musée Zoologique de l'Academie Impériale des Sciences de Petrograd. Annals of the Museum of Zoology, Academy of Science, Petrograd 21: 59-116 [105].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

History of changes

• Pontonema cobbi Mawson, P.M. 1956. Free-living nematodes Section I: Enoploidea from Antarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 37-74 [72].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43288 Vial (labelled as "Type Material"), BANZARE Stations 42, 105, 107 Antarctic.

Distribution

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Paroncholaimus donsi Allgén, C. 1932. Über eine neue Art des Genus Paroncholaimus Filipjev, P. donsi, von der Insel Röst (Lofoten-Archipel). Zoologischer Anzeiger 97: 334-336 [651].

Generic Combinations

• Pontonema donsi (Allgén, 1932). —
  Schneider, W. 1939. Wurmer oder Vermes. II. Fadenwurmer oder Nematoden. I. Freilebende und pflanzenparasitische Nematoden. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile 36: 1-260 [78]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island, Qld.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Decraemer, W. & Coomans, A. 1978. Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to The Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XII. Ecological Notes on the Nematode Fauna in and around Mangroves on Lizard Island. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29: 497-508 [502, 505] (distribution — Lizard Island)

History of changes

• Pontonema hackingi Mawson, P.M. 1953. Some marine freeliving nematodes from the Australian coast. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 34-40 [37-38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AHC41862 Vial ♂ (with Allotype), Port Hacking, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41863 Vial ♀ (with Holotype) (As Allotype), Port Hacking, New South Wales;
  Syntype(s) ♂1, ♀3 (in two collections taken from Port Hacking), Port Hacking, New South Wales, Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1953. Some marine freeliving nematodes from the Australian coast. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 34-40 (distribution — Port Hacking, NSW)

History of changes

• Pontonema leidyi Mawson, P.M. 1956. Free-living nematodes Section I: Enoploidea from Antarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 37-74 [71].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43291 Vial (labelled as "Type Material"), BANZARE Stations 42, 107 Antarctic.

Distribution

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Pontonema serratodentatum Mawson, P.M. 1956. Free-living nematodes Section I: Enoploidea from Antarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 37-74 [73].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC43290 Vial (labelled as "Type Material"), BANZARE Stations 42, 88, 105, 106 Antarctic.

Distribution

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

General References

Mawson, P.M. 1958. Free-living nematodes Section 3: Enoploidea from Subantarctic stations. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 6: 309-358 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes