Aporcelaimellus obtusicaudatus (Bastian, 1865)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Dorylaimida
Family: Aporcelaimidae
Genus: Aporcelaimellus

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Cosmopolitan

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kerateas, Schuurmans Stekhoven & Mawson 1954, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016, Du Preez 2017
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea

Comments

Synonym: Dorylaimus obtusicaudatus Bastian, 1865

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Du Preez, G., Majdi, N., Swart, A., Traunspurger, W., Fourie, H. 2017. Nematodes in caves: a historical perspective on their occurrence, distribution and ecological relevance. Nematology, 00: 1-18.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
• Schuurmans Stekhoven Jr. J. H., S. J. J. H. & Mawson, P. M. 1954. Free living nematodes, mostly from Asia. Ark. Zool., 7: 273-279.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Aporcelaimellus obtusicaudatus (Bastian, 1865). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 08.02.2018, Accessed 19.04.2026