History of changes

• Sphaerolaimidae 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 [306].

  Type genus:

   Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865.

History of changes

• SPHAEROLAIMINAE Filipjev, 1918.

History of changes

• Sphaerolaimus 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 [157].

  Type species:

   Sphaerolaimus hirsutus Bastian, 1865 by original designation.
• Euthoracostomopsis Sergeeva, N.G. 1974. New free-living nematodes (Enoplida) from the Black Sea. 2. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 53(1): 120-124 [120].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

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

History of changes

• Sphaerolaimus anterides Inglis, W.G. 1966. Marine nematodes from Durban, South Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 14: 81-106 [313].

History of changes

• Sphaerolaimus hirticollis Cobb, N.A. 1898. Australian free-living marine nematodes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 383-407 [393-394].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, 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)

History of changes

• Sphaerolaimus lodosus Gerlach, S.A. 1956. Brasilianische Meeres-Nematoden I. Boletim do Instituto Oceanografico, São Paulo 5: 3-69 [Date published ca. June 1956] [30].

History of changes

• Sphaerolaimus papillatus Kreis, H. 1929. Freilebende marine Nematoden von der Nordwestküste Frankreichs (Trébeurden Côtes du Nord). Capita Zoologica 2(7): 1-98 [73-75].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Clyde R. Estuary, NSW.

IMCRA

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

General References

Nicholas, W.L., Goodchild, D.J. & Stewart, A. 1987. The mineral composition of intracellular inclusions in nematodes from thiobiotic mangrove mud-flats. Nematologica 33: 167-179 [167] (distribution — Clyde R. Estuary, NSW)

History of changes

• Sphaerolaimus pentasetus Pastor de Ward, C.T. 1984. Marine nematodes of Ria Deseado (Monhysteroidea: Sphaerolaimidae, Monhysteridae), Santa Cruz, Argentina. 3. Centro Nacional Patagónico, Contribución 85: 1-15 [2].

History of changes

• Subsphaerolaimus Lorenzen, S. 1978. Post embryonal entwicklung von Steineria- und Sphaerolaimidenarten (Nematoden) und ihre Konsequenzen fur die Systematik. Zoologischer Anzeiger 200(1-2): 53-78 [64].

History of changes

• Subsphaerolaimus litoralis Lorenzen, S. 1978. Post embryonal entwicklung von Steineria- und Sphaerolaimidenarten (Nematoden) und ihre Konsequenzen fur die Systematik. Zoologischer Anzeiger 200(1-2): 53-78 [64].

History of changes

General References

Nicholas, W.L. & Trueman, J.W.H. 2002. The taxonomy of the family Xyalidae Chitwood, 1951 (Monhysterida: Nematoda): a cladistic analysis. Nematology 4(4): 453-470 [453] (taxonomy of the family Xyalidae)

History of changes

• Corononeminae Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [60].

History of changes

• Corononema Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [60].

  Type species:

   Corononema parvum Nicholas & Stewart, 1995 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Antarctic Region

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Corononema parvum Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [60].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC44263 Slide 1♂, Rapid Creek beach, Darwin, Northern Territory [12°23"S, 130°50"E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC24823 9 Slides 6♂ 7♀, Rapid Creek, Darwin, Northern Territory [12°23"S, 130°50"E]; SAMA AHC25824 2 Slides, 1♂ 2♀, Southport Beach, Queensland [27°58"S, 153°25"E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Sandy ocean beaches.

General References

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [62] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

History of changes

• Dactylaimoides Blome, D. 2002. Five new genera of free-living marine nematodes from sandy beaches of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1): 29-43 [37].

  Type species:

   Dactylaimoides coronifer Blome, 2002 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Dactylaimoides coronifer Blome, D. 2002. Five new genera of free-living marine nematodes from sandy beaches of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1): 29-43 [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G218940 ♂ (collected 28.ix.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Forrest Beach, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia.
  Paratype(s) QM G218941 ♂ (collected 28.ix.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Forrest Beach, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia; QM G218942 ♀1 (collected 28.ix.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Forrest Beach, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia; QM G218943 ♀1 (collected 28.ix.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Forrest Beach, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
  Comment: other nontype material: ♂3, ♀3, 8, Forrest Beach, Ingham; 1, collected by D. Blome on 1.x.1997, Alva Beach, Ayr, Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Forrest Beach, Innisfail; Alva Beach, Ayr.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Daptonema Cobb, N.A. 1920. One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contribution to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 9: 217-343 [281].

  Type species:

   Daptonema fissidens Cobb, 1920 by original designation.
• Allomonhystera Micoletzky, H. 1923. Freilebende Nematoden der Wolga mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Umgebung von Saratow. Raboty Volzhskoi Biologicheskoi Stantsii 7: 1-29 [23].
• Cylindrotheristus Wieser, W. 1957. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-49. 26. Free-living marine nematodes. III. Axonalaimoidea and Monhysteroidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 52: 1-115 [92].
• Mongolotheristus Tsalolikhin, S.J. 1985. Nematodes of fresh and brackish waters in Mongolia. (Joint Soviet-Mongolian biological expedition). [in Russian]. Biologicheskie resursy i prirodnye usloviya Mongol'skoi Narodnoi Respubliki]. Leningrad : Nauka, Leningradskoe otdelenie Vol. 25 115 pp. [80].
• Pseudotheristus Wieser, W. 1957. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-49. 26. Free-living marine nematodes. III. Axonalaimoidea and Monhysteroidea. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 52: 1-115 [92].
• Spirotheristus Timm, R.W. 1961. The marine nematodes of the Bay of Bengal. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Science 1: 1-88 [78].
• Tubolaimus Allgén, C. 1929. Neue freilebende marine Nematoden von der Westküste Schwedens. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 57: 431-496 [467].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

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

History of changes

• Theristus (Daptonema) australis 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 [353-354].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Port Jackson, Australia.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

History of changes

• Monhystera lata 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] [404].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Daptonema lata (Cobb, 1894). —
  Wieser, W. 1956. Freeliving marine nematodes III. Axonolaimoidea and Monohysteroidea. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 52(13): 1-115 [94]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

History of changes

• Monhystera setosa Bütschli, O. 1874. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der freilebenden Nematoden. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 36: 144 pp. [29].
• Monhystera gracillima 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] [406].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Neutral Bay, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.

  Type locality references:

  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].

Generic Combinations

• Daptonema setosa (Bütschli, 1874). —
  Lorenzen, S. 1977. Revision of the Xyalidae free living nematodes based on a critical analysis of 56 species from the North Sea and Baltic. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 16: 197-262 [248]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

History of changes

• Theristus (Cylindrotheristus) xyaliformis 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 [302].
• Cylindrotheristus minutus Juario, J.V. 1974. Neue freileberde Nematoden aus dem Sublitoral de Dentschen Bucht. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 14(3): 275-303 [285].

Generic Combinations

• Daptonema xyaliforme (Wieser & Hopper, 1967). —
  Lorenzen, S. 1977. Revision of the Xyalidae free living nematodes based on a critical analysis of 56 species from the North Sea and Baltic. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 16: 197-262 [241]

History of changes

• Gonionchus Cobb, N.A. 1920. One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contribution to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 9: 217-343 [315].

  Type species:

   Gonionchus villosus Cobb, 1920 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Gonionchus alastairi Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [95].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC23918 Slide, 1♂, Kioloa Beach, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC23919 8 Slides, 5♂ 6♀, Broulee Beach, Kioloa Beach, South Moruya, NSW, 90 Mile Beach, Seaspray, Vic.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southern New South Wales and Victoria; Dolphin Beach, NSW (35°10'S 150°9'E).

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Sandy ocean beaches.

Extra Ecological Information

Sandy ocean beaches between tide marks.

General References

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] (distribution — Dolphin Beach)

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] (distribution — Dolphin Beach)

Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [98] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Gonionchus australis Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [92].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC23916 Slide, 1♂, Kioloa Beach, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC23917 6 Slides, 5♀ 6♂, Kioloa Beach and South Moruya, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southern New South Wales (Cronulla and Dolphin Beach); Victoria.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: shallow sub-littoral sand.

Sandy ocean beaches.

Extra Ecological Information

Sandy ocean beaches between tide marks, and shallow sublittoral sand.

General References

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] (distribution — Dolphin Beach)

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] (distribution — Dolphin Beach)

Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [95] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Gullanema Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [48].

  Type species:

   Gullanema fragilis Nicholas & Stewart, 1995 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Gullanema fragilis Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC44259 Slide 1♂, Kioloa, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC24808, AHC24810, AHC24811, AHC24815 7 Slides 1♂8♀, Kioloa Beach, New South Wales; SAMA AHC24809, AHC2481AHC24814 4 Slides, 3♂3♀, Broulee, New South Wales; SAMA AHC24816 1 Slide, 1♀, Moruya, New South Wales; SAMA AHC 24817 1 Slide, 1♀, 90 Mile Beach, Seaspray, Victoria [38°46"S, 147°23"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Dolphin Beach, NSW (35°10'S 150°9'E).

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Sandy ocean beaches.

General References

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. & 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]

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [50] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Omicronema Cobb, N.A. 1920. One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contribution to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 9: 217-343 [265].

  Type species:

   Omicronema litorium Cobb, 1920 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Omicronema australis Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC23926 Slide 1♂, 2♀ (2♀ AHC2397 Paratypes), 90 Mile Beach, Seaspray, Victoria [38°46'S, 147°23'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC23927 11 Slides 8♂, 12♀, 30 Mile Beach, Seaspray, Victoria & Rapid Creek, Northern Territory [38°46'S 147°23'E & 12°23'S 130°50'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southern race, Victorian and New South Wales beaches; northern race, Northern Territory beaches; the two races overlap in southern Queensland, possibly extending to Moruya, southern NSW; Dolphin Beach, NSW (35°10'S 150°9'E).

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Sandy ocean beaches.

General References

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] (distribution)

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] (distribution)

Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [108] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Omicronema coronalata Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [108].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC23928 1 Slide 2♂ 2 ♀ 1 Juvenile (1♂ 2♀ 1 Juvenile AHC23929 Paratypes), Broulee, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC23929 5 Slides 1♂ 4♀, Broulee, Kioloa, and South Moruya, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Southern New South Wales, South Moruya, Broulee, Kioloa, Dolphin Beach, NSW (35°10'S 150°9'E).

IMCRA

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

General References

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] (distribution)

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] (distribution)

Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [111] (distribution)

History of changes

• Omicronema nana Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [111].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC23930 1 Slide 1♂ 1♀ (Paratype), South Moruya, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA PT-23931 4 Slides, 4♂ 4♀, South Moruya, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Southern New South Wales; Dolphin Beach, NSW (35°10'S 150°9'E).

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sandy ocean beaches.

General References

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] (distribution)

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] (distribution)

Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [112] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Paragonionchus Blome, D. 2002. Five new genera of free-living marine nematodes from sandy beaches of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1): 29-43 [40].

  Type species:

   Paragonionchus sclerolabiatus Blome, 2002 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Paragonionchus sclerolabiatus Blome, D. 2002. Five new genera of free-living marine nematodes from sandy beaches of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1): 29-43 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G218944 ♂ (collected 3.ix.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Shelly Beach, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
  Paratype(s) QM G218945 ♂ (collected 3.ix.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Shelly Beach, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Prorhynchonema Gourbault, N. 1982. Nematodes marins de Guadeloupe. 1. Xyalidae nouveaux des genres Rhynchonema Cobb et Prorhynchonema nov. gen. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animale [Paris, published 1979-1996] 4(1-2): 75-87 [83].

  Type species:

   Prorhychonema warwicki Gourbault, 1982 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

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

History of changes

• Prorhynchonema gourbaultae Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC44262 1 Slide 1♂, Kioloa, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC24822 1 slide 6♂ 6♀, Kioloa, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Dolphin Beach, NSW (35°10'S 150°9'E).

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal sandy beaches.

General References

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] (distribution)

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [60] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Prorhynchonema warwicki Gourbault, N. 1982. Nematodes marins de Guadeloupe. 1. Xyalidae nouveaux des genres Rhynchonema Cobb et Prorhynchonema nov. gen. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animale [Paris, published 1979-1996] 4(1-2): 75-87 [84].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ♂3, ♀3, Rosedale and Tomaking Beaches, New South Wales.

  Type locality references:

  Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Rosedale and Tomakin Beach, NSW.

IMCRA

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

General References

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 (distribution — Rosedale and Tomakin Beach)

History of changes

• Pseudechinotheristus Blome, D. 2002. Five new genera of free-living marine nematodes from sandy beaches of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1): 29-43 [35].

  Type species:

   Pseudechinotheristus nudus Blome, 2002 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Pseudechinotheristus nudus Blome, D. 2002. Five new genera of free-living marine nematodes from sandy beaches of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1): 29-43 [35].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G218936 ♂ (collected 1.x.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Ayr, Alva Beach, Queensland, Australia.
  Paratype(s) QM G218937 ♂ (collected 1.x.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Ayr, Alva Beach, Queensland, Australia; QM G218938 ♀1 (collected 1.x.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Ayr, Alva Beach, Queensland, Australia; QM G218939 ♀1 (collected 1.x.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Ayr, Alva Beach, Queensland, Australia;
  Status unknown, ♂28, ♀11, gravid ♀14, 26 (collected 1.x.1997 by D. Blome; embedded in glycerol), Ayr, Alva Beach, Queensland, Australia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Pseudosteineria Wieser, W. 1956. Freeliving marine nematodes III. Axonolaimoidea and Monohysteroidea. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 52(13): 1-115.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

History of changes

• Steineria pulchra Mawson, P.M. 1957. Marine freeliving nematodes from South Australia Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 98-108 [103-105].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) WAM ♂2, ♀2, 3 (from weeds on a jetty pile, Outer Harbour, and among holdfasts of Hormosira sp. and Ulva sp., Encounter Bay), Outer Harbour and Encounter Bay, South Australia;
  Status unknown, SAMA AHC43077 1 vial (vial labelled as "type material".), Outer Harbour jetty, South Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Pseudosteineria pulchra (Mawson, 1957). —
  Fadeeva, N. P. 1986. A systematic study of the genus Pseudosteineria (Nematoda, Xyalidae). Vestnik Zoologii 1986(1): 3-9 [4]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Outer Harbour, Encounter Bay, SA

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 — Outer Harbour, Encounter Bay, SA)

History of changes

• Rhynchonema Cobb, N.A. 1920. One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contribution to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 9: 217-343 [260].

  Type species:

   Rhynchonema cinctum Cobb, 1920 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Rhynchonema chiloense Lorenzen, S. 1975. Rhynchonema-Arten (Nematodes, Monhysteridae) aus Sudamerika und Europa. Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 55: 225-231.

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, ♂1, ♀1, 1 (from Nicholas & Stewart (1995)), off-shore Cronulla, New South Wales; ♀1, Rapid Creek Beach, Northern Territory.

  Type locality references:

  Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: shallow sub-littoral sand.

Sandy ocean beaches.

General References

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [56, 58] (redescription; habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Rhynchonema cinctum Cobb, N.A. 1920. One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contribution to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 9: 217-343 [260].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

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 [614] (distribution — Davies Reef, Qld)

History of changes

• Rhynchonema collare Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [50].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC44260 1 slide 1♂, Rosedale, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC24818 1 slide 1♂ 1 ♀, Rosedale, New South Wales; SAMA AHC24819 1 slide 4♀, Broulee, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Dolphin Beach, NSW (35°10'S 150°9'E).

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Sandy ocean beaches.

General References

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. & 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]

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 (distribution and ecology)

History of changes

• Rhynchonema gerlachi Vitiello, P. 1967. Deux nouvelles espèces du genre Rhynchonema (Nematoda, Monhysteridae). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 92: 113-121 [117-119].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ♂3, ♀1, off-shore Cronulla, New South Wales.

  Type locality references:

  Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: intertidal sandy beaches, shallow sub-littoral sand.

General References

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [58] (redescription; habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Rhynchonema tomakinese Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC44261 1 Slide 2♂ 3♀ (1male and 3 females Paratypes on holotype slide), Tomakin, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC24820 1 Slide 1♂ 1♀, Rosedale, New South Wales; SAMA AHC24821 1 Slide 1♂, Rapid Creek, Northern Territory [12°23'S, 130°50'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Sandy ocean beaches.

General References

Nicholas, W.L. & Stewart, A.C. 1995. New genera, species and a new subfamily of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from ocean beaches in Australia and Thailand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 119(2): 47-66 (distribution and ecology)

History of changes

• Robustnema Nicholas, W.L. 1996. Robustnema fosteri sp. nov., gen. nov. (Xyalidae, Monhysterida, Nematoda), a common nematode of mangrove mudflats in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 120(4): 161-165 [161].

  Type species:

   Robustnema fosteri Nicholas, 1996 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Robustnema fosteri Nicholas, W.L. 1996. Robustnema fosteri sp. nov., gen. nov. (Xyalidae, Monhysterida, Nematoda), a common nematode of mangrove mudflats in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 120(4): 161-165 [161].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC27695 1 Slide 1♂, Pine River Estuary, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC27660-AHC27663 4 Slides 5♂ 8♀, Pine River Estuary, Queensland
  Comment: additional specimens from mangroves in New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Mangrove mudflats.

General References

Nicholas, W.L. 1996. Robustnema fosteri sp. nov., gen. nov. (Xyalidae, Monhysterida, Nematoda), a common nematode of mangrove mudflats in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 120(4): 161-165 [165] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Steineria Micoletzky, H. 1922. Die freilebenden Erdnematoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 87: 1-650 [168].

  Type species:

   Monhystera polychaeta Steiner, 1915 by subsequent designation, see Mawson, P.M. 1957. Marine freeliving nematodes from South Australia Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 98-108 [103].

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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 [103] (key to genus)

History of changes

• Steineria ampullacea 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 [296].

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 [500] (distribution — Lizard Island, Qld)

History of changes

• Monhystera setosissima 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] [405-406].

Generic Combinations

• Steineria setosissima (Cobb, 1894). —
  Stekhoven, J.H.S & De Coninck, L.A. 1933. Diagnoses of new Belgian marine Nemas. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle du Belgique 9: 1-13 [10]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, NSW.

General References

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] (distribution — Port Jackson, NSW)

History of changes

• Theristus 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 [156].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), 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 [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 [500, 503]

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]

Hodda, M. & Nicholas, W.L. 1986. Nematode diversity and industrial pollution in the Hunter River Estuary, NSW, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 17(6): 251-255 [254]

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 [93]

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

• Penzancia de Man, J.G. 1889. Espèces et Genres nouveaux de Nématodes libres de la mer du Nord et de la Manche. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 2: 1-10 [7].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

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

History of changes

• Theristus flevensis Stekhoven, J.H.S. 1935. Nematoda: Systematischer Teil, Nematoda errantia. In, Grimpe, G. & Wagler, E. (eds). Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Leipzig Vol. 5b 173 pp. [141].

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 [503] (distribution — Lizard Island, Qld)

History of changes

• Theristus metaflevensis Gerlach, S.A. 1955. Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden marinen Nematoden von San Salvador. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 158: 249-303 [Bremerhaven Checklist vol 2] [291-293].

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 [500, 503] (distribution — Lizard Island, Qld)

Nicholas, W.L. & Trueman, J.W.H. 2002. The taxonomy of the family Xyalidae Chitwood, 1951 (Monhysterida: Nematoda): a cladistic analysis. Nematology 4(4): 453-470 [457]

History of changes

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Monhystera brevicollis 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] [401-408].

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. 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] (distribution — Port Jackson, NSW)

History of changes

• Theristus (Theristus) interstitialis Warwick, R.M. 1970. Fourteen new species of free-living marine nematodes from the Exe estuary. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 19: 137-177 [161].

  Type data:

   Holotype South Devon, England, in sand.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Hunter River Estuary.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Monhystera macquariensis Allgén, C. 1929. Über einige freilebende marine Nematoden von der Macquarieinsel. Zoologischer Anzeiger 84: 119-126 [122-124].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Island.

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

General References

Allgén, C. 1929. Über einige freilebende marine Nematoden von der Macquarieinsel. Zoologischer Anzeiger 84: 119-126 (distribution — Macquarie Island)

History of changes

• Monhystera pacifica Johnston, T.H. 1938. A census of the free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes recorded as occurring in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 62: 149-167 [158].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, NSW.

History of changes

• Theristus quadripapillatus Decraemer, W. & Coomans, A. 1978. Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XIII. Description of four new species and a redescription of four known species from in and around mangroves on Lizard Island. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(4): 509-541 [512].

  Type data:

   Holotype slide 205 ♂ (collected 31.viii.67), Lizard Island, mangrove swamp B (sample 4).
  Paratype(s) A1484; A1469 ♂2 (collected 31.viii.67), Lizard Island, mangrove swamp B (sample 4); A1456, A1465 2 (4th-stage) (collected 31.viii.67), Lizard Island, mangrove swamp B (sample 4); A1465 1 (3rd-stage) (collected 31.viii.67), Lizard Island, mangrove swamp B (sample 4); QM G 11604 ♂.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island and Davies Reef, Qld.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mangrove.

Juvenile: mangrove.

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] (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 [503] (distribution — Lizard Island, Qld)

Decraemer, W. & Coomans, A. 1978. Scientific Report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XIII. Description of four new species and a redescription of four known species from in and around mangroves on Lizard Island. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(4): 509-541 (distribution — Lizard Island, Qld)

History of changes

• Xyala Cobb, N.A. 1920. One hundred new nemas (type species of 100 new genera). Contribution to a Science of Nematology (Baltimore) 9: 217-343 [289].

  Type species:

   Xyala striata Cobb, 1920 by original designation.
• Neotheristus Schulz, E. 1938. Beitrage zur Morphologie und Systematik freilebender mariner Nematoden, I. Kieler Meeresforschung 3 3: 114-121 [115].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Xyala brevibucca Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [98].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC23920 1 Slide 1♂, Kioloa, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC23921 10 slides 8♂ 29♀, Kioloa, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Southern and northern New South Wales; Dolphin Beach, NSW (35°10'S 150°9'E).

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Sandy ocean beaches.

Extra Ecological Information

Sandy ocean beaches between tide marks.

General References

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. & 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]

Nicholas, W.L. & Trueman, J.W.H. 2002. The taxonomy of the family Xyalidae Chitwood, 1951 (Monhysterida: Nematoda): a cladistic analysis. Nematology 4(4): 453-470 [457]

Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [98] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Xyala hanleyi Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [101].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC23922 1 Slide 3♂ 1♀ (2♂ 1♀ Paratypes AHC23923), Rapid Creek, Northern Territory [12°23'S, 130°50'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC23923 5 slides 2♂ 3♀ (1♀ slide 1294 Southport, Queensland), Rapid Creek, Northern Territory & Southport Queensland [12°23'S, 130°50'E (Rapid Creek)].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Territory beaches and southern, Qld.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal sandy beaches.

General References

Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [103] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes

• Xyala macramphis Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [103].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC23924 1 Slide ♂, off Cronulla, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC23925 1 Slide 2♀ 1 Juvenile, off Cronulla, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Shallow sublittoral, off Cronulla, NSW.

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: sublittoral sandy substratum.

General References

Stewart, A.C. & Nicholas, W.L. 1994. New species of Xyalidae (Nematoda: Monhysterida) from Australian ocean beaches. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 91-115 [105] (habitat and distribution)

History of changes