Myolaimidae

Myolaimidae is a family of nematodes in the order Rhabditida. It consists of two genera, Myolaimus and Deleyia.^[3]

Myolaimidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Suborder:	Myolaimina Inglis, 1983^[2]
Superfamily:	Myolaimoidea Andrássy, 1958^[1]
Family:	Myolaimidae Andrássy, 1958^[1]
Genera
Deleyia Myolaimus

Genera and species

Deleyia Holovachov & Boström, 2006^[4]

Two species are recognized:^[5]

• Deleyia aspiculata Holovachov & Boström, 2006^[4]
• Deleyia poinari Holovachov & Boström, 2006^[4]

Myolaimus Cobb, 1920^[6]

16 species are recognized:^[7]

• Myolaimus amititiae Andrássy, 1959^[8]
• Myolaimus byersi Giblin-Davis, Kanzaki, de Ley, Williams, Schierenberg, Ragsdale, Zeng & Center, 2010^[9]
• Myolaimus cotopaxus Bärmann, Fürst von Lieven & Sudhaus, 2009
• Myolaimus dendrodipnis Paesler, 1956^[10]
• Myolaimus goodeyorum Andrássy, 1984^[11]
• Myolaimus hermaphrodita Bärmann, Fürst von Lieven & Sudhaus, 2009
• Myolaimus heterurus Cobb, 1920^[6]
• Myolaimus hortulanus Bärmann, Fürst von Lieven & Sudhaus, 2009
• Myolaimus ibericus Abolafia & Pena-Santiago, 2016
• Myolaimus indicus Ali, Farooqui & Suryawanshi, 1970^[12]
• Myolaimus maupasi (Sanwal, 1960)^[13]
• Myolaimus mycophilus Slos & Bert in Slos, Couvreur & Bert, 2018
• Myolaimus rahmi Sudhaus, 1977^[14]
• Myolaimus stammeri Hirschmann, 1952^[15]
• Myolaimus tepidus Andrássy, 2005^[16]
• Myolaimus xylophilus Bärmann, Fürst von Lieven & Sudhaus, 2009

References

1. Andrássy, I. (1958). "Erd- und Süsswassernematoden aus Bulgarien". Acta Zoologica Budapest. 4: 1–88.
2. Inglis, W.G. (1983). "An outline classification of the phylum Nematoda". Australian Journal of Zoology. 31 (2): 243–255. doi:10.1071/ZO9830243.
3. Deprez T, ed. (2022). "Myolaimidae Andrássy, 1958". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
4. Boström, Sven; Holovachov, Oleksandr (2006). "Description of Deleyia gen. n. with a discussion of its phylogenetic relationships to the genera Daubaylia Chitwood & Chitwood, 1934 and Myolaimus Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Rhabditida)". Nematology. 8 (2): 223–233. doi:10.1163/156854106777998773.
5. Deprez T, ed. (2022). "Deleyia Holovachov & Boström, 2006". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
6. Cobb, N.A. (1920). (PDF). Contributions to a Science of Nematology. 9: 217–343. S2CID 89629787. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-12.
7. Deprez T, ed. (2022). "Myolaimus Cobb, 1920". NeMys. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
8. Andrássy, I. (1959). "Weitere Nematoden aus Tropfsteinhohle "Baradla"". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 5: 1–6.
9. Giblin-Davis, R.; Kanzaki, N.; de Ley, P.; Williams, D.; Schierenberg, E.; Ragsdale, E.; Zeng, Y.; Center, B. (2010). "Ultrastructure and life history of Myolaimus byersi n. sp. (Myolaimina: Myolaimidae), a phoretic associate of the crane fly, Limonia schwarzi (Alexander) (Limoniidae), in Florida". Nematology. 12 (4): 519–542. doi:10.1163/138855409X12519673803912.
10. Paesler, F. (1956). "Beitrag zur Erweiterung der Kenntnis der Gattung Myolaimus". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 157: 223–231.
11. Andrássy, I. (1984). Klasse nematoda : (Ordnungen Monhysterida, Desmoscolecida, Araeolaimida, Chromadorida, Rhabditida). Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag. ISBN 3437304542.
12. Ali, S.M.; Farooqui, M.N.; Suryawanshi, M.V. (1970). "Myolaimus indicus n. sp. (Rhabditida: Myolaimidae) and Metadorylaimus coomansi n. sp. (Dorylaimida: Tylencholaimidae) from Marathwada, India". Nematologica. 16 (4): 577–583. doi:10.1163/187529270X00793.
13. Sanwal, K.C. (1960). "Macrolaimus canadensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Panagrolaimidae), from the frass of the bark beetle Phloeosinus canadenis Swaine, 1917, with remarks on other species of the genus Macrolaimus Maupas, 1900". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 38 (6): 1127–31. doi:10.1139/z60-117.
14. Sudhaus, W. (1977). "Rhabditis dimorpha: ein Beispiel für unvollständige Häutung und Sexualdimorphismus bei Nematoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 199: 325–352.
15. Hirschmann, H. (1952). "Die Nematoden der Wassergrenze mittlefränkischer Gewässer". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. 81: 313–407.
16. Andrássy, I. (2005). Free-living nematodes from Hungary (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica. Vol. 3. Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum and Systematic Zoology Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. ISBN 9637093907.