Sigmophoranema rufum

By albert, 15 December, 2022

Species inquirendum.

The specimen encountered in my samples mostly resemble the description of Sigmophoranema rufum in Free living Marine Nematodes (Part II) by H.M. Platt and R.M. Warwick and the description in Gerlach, S. A. (1951). Revision der Metachromadoracea, einer Gruppe freilebender mariner Nematoden. Kieler Meeresforsch. 8 (1): 59-75 (Sigmophora rufum)

In Armenteros et. al. 2014, Revision of Desmodorinae and Spiriniinae (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) with redescription of eight known species, European Journal of Taxonomy 96: 1-32, this taxon is classified as taxon inquirendum because of the poor description of the type specimen. Also the genus Sigmophoranema is classified as a synonym of Onyx. The valid Sigmophoranema species were transfered to Onyx, but not S. rufum.

For now, i refer to these specimen as Sigmophoranema rufum.

Species map

Documented specimen Age Gender
Kijkduin 25-09-2021, slide 5 nr 4 Adult Male
Hoek van Holland 09-01-2022, slide 20 nr 3 Adult Male