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Monophyletic taxon: Phylum Nematoda Gegenbaur, 1859 - round worms (nematode)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C. Gegenbaur, 1859) F.A. Potts, in L.A. Borradaile & F.A. Potts, 1932
Original name:  Rudolphi, C.A. 1808: 197 ("Entozoa nematoidea"), 198 ("Entozoa nematoidea", "Ordo"), 324 ("Nematoidea"), 356 ("Nematoidea").
Original name:  Gegenbaur, C. 1859: 137 ([suborder] "Nematoden").
Original name & spelling:  Diesing, K.M. 1861: 598 ("Ordo: Nematoda Rudolphi Char. aucto.").
Subsequent rank:  Lankester, E.R. 1877. Quart. J. Microsc. Sci. (N.S.) XVII: 441 ("Phylum"), 449. ("Nematoidea").
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.):  (Potts, F.A.) 1932. In L.A. Borradaile & F.A. Potts, The Invertebrata: [214]; [v]. ("Phylum Nematoda"). ≡

Variants

Clade-based name: Nematoda (Clade) Diesing 1861 [Smythe 2020] Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 41). [inferred]
Different rank: Nematoda (Infraphylum) Gegenbaur, 1859
Different rank: Nematoda (Class) Gegenbaur, 1859 Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Different rank: Nematoidea (Class) Rudolphi, 1808 Ref: M.R. Siddiqi, 2000: 100.
Former unranked name: Nematoda ([unranked]) Gegenbaur, 1859

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Nematelmia (Phylum) Vogt, 1851 Ref: M.R. Siddiqi, 2000: 100.
Synonymous name: Nematelminthes (Midphylum) Ref: M.R. Siddiqi, 2000: 100.
Synonymous name: Nematelminthes (Phylum) Carus, 1863 Ref: M.R. Siddiqi, 2000: 100.
Synonymous name (objective): Nemata (Phylum) Cobb, 1919 Ref: M.R. Siddiqi, 2000: 100.
In (pro parte): Nemathelminthes (Phylum) Gegenbaur, 1859 Ref: M.R. Siddiqi, 2000: 100.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: rondwormen
: aaltjes
: draadwormen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: round worms
: nematodes
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