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Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Afdeling Nematologie, more

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Morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny and systematics of the phylum Nematoda, mainly marine freeliving (Desmoscolecida, Draconematidae, Epsilonematidae) and plant parasitic taxa more specifically on Trichodoridae, virus vector nematodes, more The Hirudinea (Annelida) of the Belgian fauna, more

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A1 Publications (66) [show]
Waheed, S.; Decraemer, W.; Kazi, K.; Tariq, R.M.; Iqbal, E. (2024). Description of two new species of Haliplectus Cobb, 1913 (Nematoda, Plectida, Haliplectidae) from mangrove areas of Sandspit backwater, Karachi, Pakistan. Zootaxa 5468(1): 154-166. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.1.6, more Zeppilli, D.; Bellec, L.; Cambon-Bonavita, M.-A.; Decraemer, W.; Fontaneto, D.; Fuchs, S.; Gayet, N.; Mandon, P.; Michel, L.N.; Portail, M.; Smol, N.; Sørensen, M.V.; Vanreusel, A.; Sarrazin, J. (2019). Ecology and trophic role of Oncholaimus dyvae sp. nov. (Nematoda: Oncholaimidae) from the lucky strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). BMC Zoology 4(1): 15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40850-019-0044-y, more da Silva, M.C.; da Silva, N.R.R.; Esteves, A.M.; Decraemer, W. (2018). A new genus Cornurella gen. n. (Nematoda, Desmodoridae, Filipjev, 1922) from Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mar. Biodiv. 48(1): 289-302. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0696-1, more de Oliveira, D.A.S.; Decraemer, W.; Moens, T.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Derycke, S. (2017). Low genetic but high morphological variation over more than 1000 km coastline refutes omnipresence of cryptic diversity in marine nematodes. BMC Evol. Biol. 17: 17 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0908-0, more de Oliveira, D.A.S.; Derycke, S.; Da Rocha, C.M.C.; Barbosa, D.F.; Decraemer, W.; Dos Santos, G.A.P. (2016). Spatiotemporal variation and sediment retention effects on nematode communities associated with Halimeda opuntia (Linnaeus) Lamouroux (1816) and Sargassum polyceratium Montagne (1837) seaweeds in a tropical phytal ecosystem. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 163(5): 102. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2882-2, more Min, W.; Kim, D.; Decraemer, W.; Rho, H.S. (2016). Dracograllus trukensis sp. nov. (Draconematidae: Nematoda) from a seagrass bed (Zostera spp.) in Chuuk Islands, Micronesia, Central Western Pacific Ocean. Ocean Science Journal 51(3): 343-354. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12601-016-0030-z, more Decraemer, W.; Backeljau, T. (2015). Utility of classical alpha-taxonomy for biodiversity of aquatic nematodes. J. Nematol. 47(1): 1-10, more Armenteros, M; Ruiz-Abierno, A; Decraemer, W. (2014). Revision of Desmodorinae and Spiriniinae (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) with redescription of eight known species. Eur. J. Taxon. 96: 1-32. dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.96, more Armenteros, M; Rojas-Corzo, A; Ruiz-Abierno, A; Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Decraemer, W. (2014). Systematics and DNA barcoding of free-living marine nematodes with emphasis on tropical desmodorids using nuclear SSU rDNA and mitochondrial COI sequences. Nematology (Leiden) 16: 979-989. dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00002824, more Armenteros, M.; Ruiz-Abierno, A.; Decraemer, W. (2014). Taxonomy of Stilbonematinae (Nematoda: Desmodoridae): description of two new and three known species and phylogenetic relationships within the family. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 171(1): 1-21. dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12126, more de Oliveira, D.A.S.; dos Santos, P; Derycke, S.; Moens, T.; Decraemer, W. (2014). Biodiversity and connectivity of marine nematodes associated with algae from two tropical beaches. J. Nematol. 46(2): 152-152, more Steel, H.; Coomans, A.; Decraemer, W.; Moens, T.; Bert, W. (2014). Nematodes from terrestrial, freshwater and brackish water habitats in Belgium: an updated list with special emphasis on compost nematodes. Zootaxa 3765(2): 143-160, more Silva de Oliveira, D.A.; Decraemer, W.; Holovachov, O.; Burr, J.; De Ley, I.T.; De Ley, P.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2012). An integrative approach to characterize cryptic species in the Thoracostoma trachygaster Hope, 1967 complex (Nematoda: Leptosomatidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 164(1): 18-35. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00758.x, more Soo Rho, H.; Decraemer, W.; Sorensen, M.; Min, W.; Jung, J.; Kim, W. (2011). Megadraconema cornutum, a new genus and species from Korea, with a discussion of its classification and relationships within the family Draconematidae (Nematoda, Desmodorida) based on morphological and molecular characters. Zool. Sci. 28(1): 68-84. dx.doi.org/10.2108/zsj.28.68, more Armenteros, M.; Pérez-García, J.A.; Ruiz-Abierno, A.; Díaz-Asencio, L.; Helguera, Y.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Effects of organic enrichment on nematode assemblages in a microcosm experiment. Mar. Environ. Res. 70(5): 374-382. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.08.001, more Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Guitartia tridentata n. gen., n. sp (Monhysterida: Xyalidae) and Macrodontium gaspari n. gen., n. sp (Chromadorida: Microlaimidae), free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. Nematology (Leiden) 12(3): 417-427. dx.doi.org/10.1163/138855409X12559479585007, more da Fonsêca-Genevois, V.; Torres, R.A.; da Fonseca Cavalcanti, M.; de Castro, F.J.V.; da Silva, N.R.R.; Decraemer, W. (2010). Morphological and molecular taxonomy of a new Daptonema (Nematoda, Xyalidae) with comments on the systematics of some related taxa. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 158(1): 1-15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00528.x, more da Silva, N.R.R.; da Silva, M.C.; Genevois, V.F.; Esteves, A.M.; De Ley, P.; Decraemer, W.; Rieger, T.T.; Correia, M.T.D. (2010). Marine nematode taxonomy in the age of DNA: the present and future of molecular tools to assess their biodiversity. Nematology (Leiden) 12(5): 661-672. dx.doi.org/10.1163/138855410X500073, more Luc, M.; Doucet, M.E.; Fortuner, R.; Castillo, P.; Decraemer, W.; Lax, P. (2010). Usefulness of morphological data for the study of nematode biodiversity. Nematology (Leiden) 12(4): 495-504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/138855410X508697, more Soo Rho, H.; Won Gi Min; Decraemer, W.; Dong Sung Kim (2010). Prochaetosoma dokdoense sp. nov. (Nematoda: Draconematidae) from Dokdo, Korea: First record of the genus Prochaetosoma from a shallow subtidal zone in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Mar. Biol. Res. 6(2): 172-188. dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000903078622, more Armenteros, M.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Cienfuegia gen. nov (Xyalidae) and Pseudoterschellingia gen. nov (Linhomoeidae), two new genera of free-living marine nematodes from the Caribbean Sea. J. Nat. Hist. 43(17-18): 1067-1081. dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930902767466, more Armenteros, M.; Ruiz-Abierno, A.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2009). A morphometric analysis of the genus Terschellingia (Nematoda: Linhomoeidae) with redefinition of the genus and key to the species. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 89(6): 1257-1267. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409000381, more Armenteros, M.; Ruiz-Abierno, A.; Fernandez-Garces, R.; Perez-Garcia, J.A.; Diaz-Asencio, L.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Biodiversity patterns of free-living marine nematodes in a tropical bay: Cienfuegos, Caribbean Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 85(2): 179-189. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.08.002, more Bert, W.; Manhout, J.; Van Colen, C.; Borgonie, G.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Nematode assemblages in a nature reserve with historical pollution. Belg. J. Zool. 139(1): 3-14, more da Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Smol, N.; Decraemer, W.; Venekey, V. (2009). Bernardius lineatus gen. n., sp n. (Enoplida: Enchelidiidae), a remarkable nematode with ornamented cuticle from a Brazilian tropical sandy beach. Nematology (Leiden) 11(12): 275-287. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854109X429600, more Hwang, U.; Choi, E.; Kim, D.; Decraemer, W.; Chang, C. (2009). Monophyly of the family Desmoscolecidae (Nematoda, Demoscolecida) and its phylogenetic position inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Mol. Cells 27(5): 515-523. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10059-009-0070-7, more Maria, T.F.; Esteves, A.M.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Chromaspirina guanabarensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) and a new illustrated dichotomous key to Chromaspirina species. Zootaxa 2092(2092): 21-36, more Neira, C.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Desmotersia levinae, a new genus and new species of free-living nematode from bathyal oxygen minimum zone sediments off Callao, Peru, with discussion on the classification of the genus Richtersia (Chromadorida: Selachinematidae). Org. Divers. Evol. 9(1): 1.e1–1.e15. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2008.09.004, more Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Draconematidae (Nematoda) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight: the genus Cygnonema Allen & Noffsinger, 1978. Org. Divers. Evol. 9(1): 37-40. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2008.06.003, more Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Draconematidae (Nematoda) from cold-water corals in the Porcupine Seabight: the genus Tenuidraconema Decraemer, 1989. Org. Divers. Evol. 9(1): 41-43. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2008.06.004, more Fonseca, G.; Decraemer, W. (2008). State of the art of the free-living marine Monhysteridae (Nematoda). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 88(7): 1371-1390. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315408001719, more Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2008). Walking with worms: coral-associated epifaunal nematodes. J. Biogeogr. 35(12): 2207-2222. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01945.x, more Fonseca, G.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Taxonomy and species distribution of the genus Manganonema Bussau, 1993 (Nematoda: Monhysterida). Cah. Biol. Mar. 47(2): 189-203, more Fonseca, G.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2006). Taxonomy and biogeography of Molgolaimus Ditlevsen, 1921 (Nematoda: Chromadoria) with reference to the origins of deep sea nematodes. Antarctic Science 18(1): 23-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102006000034, more Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Postembryonic morphology in Epsilonematidae, with a discussion on the variability of caudal gland outlets. J. Nematol. 38(1): 97-118, more Neira, C.; Decraemer, W.; Backeljau, T. (2005). A new species of Glochinema (Epsilonematidae, Nematoda) from the oxygen minimum zone off Baja California, NE Pacific and phylogenetic relationships at species level within the family. Cah. Biol. Mar. 46(2): 105-126. hdl.handle.net/10067/576370151162165141, more Raes, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2003). Epsilonematidae (Nematoda) from a cold-water coral environment in the Porcupine Seabight, with a discussion on the status of the genus Metaglochinema Gourbault & Decraemer, 1986. Hydrobiologia 505(1-3): 49-72. dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:HYDR.0000007245.66840.0a, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N.; Helleouet, M.N. (2001). Cosmopolitanism among nematodes: Examples from Epsilonematidae. Vie Milieu (1980) 51(1-2): 11-19, more Neira, C.; Gad, G.; Arroyo, N.L.; Decraemer, W. (2001). Glochinema bathyperuvensis sp. n. (Nematoda, Epsilonematidae): a new species from Peruvian bathyal sediments, SE Pacific Ocean. Contributions to Zoology 70(3): 147-159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-07003003, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N. (2000). New species of Leptepsilonema and Polkesilonema (Nemata, Epsilonematidae). Cah. Biol. Mar. 41(1): 25-46, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N. (2000). New species of Metepsilonema (Nemata, Epsilonematidae) from the Channel and the Mediterranean Sea with a polytomous key for the identification of species of the genus. Hydrobiologia 429(1-3): 25-47. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003975425673, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N. (1998). New data on the taxonomic status of Metepsilonema hagmeieri and M. emersum with description of M. lorenzeni sp. nov. (Nemata, Epsilonematidae). Cah. Biol. Mar. 39(1): 73-84, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N.; Backeljau, T. (1997). Marine nematodes of the family Draconematidae (Nemata): a synthesis with phylogenetic relationships. Hydrobiologia 357: 185-202, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N. (1997). Deep-sea nematodes (Nemata, Prochaetosomatinae): new taxa from hydrothermal vents and a polymetallic nodule formation of the Pacific (East Rise; North Fiji and Lau Basins; Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone). Zoologica Scri. 26(1): 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1997.tb00405.x, more Decraemer, W. (1996). Descriptions of two new species of Tricoma (Nematoda: Desmoscolecidae) and comments on the taxonomic status of T. (T.) tertia Blome, 1982 and T. (T.) brevirostris (Southern, 1914) Steiner, 1916. Rus. J. Nematol. 4(2): 107-114, more Decraemer, W.; Tchesunov, A.V. (1996). Some desmoscolecids from the White Sea (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida). Rus. J. Nematol. 4(2): 115-130, more Gourbault, N.; Decraemer, W. (1995). Leptepsilonema santii sp.n. from Spain and data on the variability of L. filiforme (Nemata, Epsilonematidae). Hydrobiologia 310(1): 79-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00008185, more Gourbault, N.; Decraemer, W. (1994). Two new species of Epsilinema from the South Indopacific (Nemata, Epsilonematidae. J. Nematol. 26(4): 384-391, more Gourbault, N.; Decraemer, W. (1993). New species of Glochinema and Metaglochinema (Nematoda, Epsilonematidae) from New Caledonia. Zoologica Scri. 22(3): 223-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1993.tb00353.x, more Gourbault, N.; Decraemer, W. (1991). A new genus and species of Epsilonematidae (Nematoda) from New Caledonia. Zoologica Scri. 20(4): 315--319, more Decraemer, W.; Soetaert, K. (1989). Peculiar new deep-sea desmoscolecid species of the genus Protricoma (Nematoda) from Corsica. Zoologica Scri. 18(2): 233-229. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00447.x, more Soetaert, K.; Decraemer, W. (1989). Eight new Tricoma species (Nematoda, Desmoscolecidae) from a deep-sea transect off Calvi (Corsica, Mediterranean). Hydrobiologia 183: 223-247, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N. (1986). Marine nematodes from Guadeloupe and other Caribbean Islands: II. Draconematidae. Zoologica Scri. 15(2): 107-118. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1986.tb00214.x, more Coomans, A.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (1985). Nematodes from a fresh-water pool on a coral island in the Solomon Islands. Hydrobiologia 123(3): 265-281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00034389, more Decraemer, W. (1985). Revision and phylogenetic systematics of the Desmoscolecida (Nematoda). Hydrobiologia 120(3): 259-283, more Decraemer, W. (1984). Desmoscolecids (Nematode) from New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Hydrobiologia 119(3): 181-119, more Decraemer, W.; Jensen, P. (1982). Revision of the subfamily Meyliinae De Coninck, 1965 (Nematoda: Desmoscolecoidea) with a discussion of its systematic position. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 75(4): 317-325, more Decraemer, W. (1978). The genus Quadricoma Filipjev, 1922 with a redescription of Q. cobbi (Steiner, 1916), Q. crassicomoides Timm, 1970 and Q. loricata Filipjev, 1922 (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida). Contribution n° X on nematodes from the Great Barrier Reef, collected during the Belgian expedition in 1967. Cah. Biol. Mar. 19(1): 63-89, more Decraemer, W. (1978). Morphological and taxonomic study of the genus Tricoma Cobb (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida), with the description of new species from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Aust. J. Zool. 26(55): 1-121, more Decraemer, W. (1977). The genus Desmolorenzenia Freudenhammer, 1975 with a redescription of D. crassicauda (Timm, 1970) (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida). Contribution n° VIII on the nematodes from the Great Barrier Reef, collected during the Belgian expedition in 1967. Cah. Biol. Mar. 18(1): 49-58, more Decraemer, W. (1977). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes IX. Four new species of Quadricoma Filipjev (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida). Zoologica Scri. 6(4): 275-292. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00780.x, more Dumont, H.J.; Decraemer, W. (1977). On the continental Copepod fauna of Morocco. Hydrobiologia 52(2-3): 257-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00036451, more Decraemer, W. (1975). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes III. Further study of Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida) from Yonge Reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island. Cah. Biol. Mar. 16(2): 269-284, more Decraemer, W. (1974). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes II. Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida) from Yonge Reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island. Zoologica Scri. 3(4): 167-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1974.tb00813.x, more Decraemer, W. (1974). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes V. Observations on Desmoscolex (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida) with description of three new species. Zoologica Scri. 3(5-6): 243-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1974.tb00821.x, more Heip, C.H.R.; Decraemer, W. (1974). The diversity of nematode communities in the southern North Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 54(1): 251-255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400022189, more
Peer reviewed publications (31) [show]
Armenteros, M.; Pérez-Angulo, A.; Regadera, R.; Beltrán, J.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Effects of chronic and heavy pollution on macro- and meiobenthos of Havana Bay, Cuba. Rev. Invest. Mar. 30(3): 203-214, more Maria, T.F.; Esteves, A.M.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Decraemer, W. (2008). Nematodes from sandy beaches of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biociências 16(2): 92-103, more Decraemer, W. (1998). On the deep-sea desmoscolecid fauna of the flat of Cap Vert (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 68: 5-22, more Decraemer, W. (1996). New information on the ultrastructure of the lip region in the genus Desmoscolex and description of Desmoscolex (Desmoscolex) parvospiculatus sp.n. (Nemata: Desmoscolecida) from Papua New Guinea. Nematologica 42(1): 9-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187529296X00021, more Decraemer, W.; Baldwin, J.; Eddleman, C.; Geraert, E. (1996). Criconema paradoxiger (Orton Williams, 1982) Raski & Luc, 1985: cuticle ultrastructure and revalidation of the genus Amphisbaenenma. Nematologica 42: 408-416, more Gourbault, N.; Decraemer, W. (1996). Marine nematodes of the family Epsilonematidae: a synthesis with phylogenetic relationships. Nematologica 42: 113-158, more Gourbault, N.; Decraemer, W. (1994). Polkepsilonema firmatum sp.n., a marine nematode (Epsilonematidae, Nemata) from New Caledonia. Nematologica 40: 485-493, more Castillo-Fernandez, D.; Decraemer, W. (1993). Cheironchus paravorax n. sp. and Cheironchus vorax Cobb, 1917 from the Campeche Sound, an oil producing zone in the Gulf of Mexico (Nemata: Selachinematidae). Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 63: 55-64, more Decraemer, W.; Noffsinger, E.M. (1992). Revision of Bathyepsilonema species from Antarctica described by Steiner (1931) (Nemata: Epsilonematidae). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 62: 35-52, more Decraemer, W. (1991). Revision of Epsilonema species from Antarctica described by Steiner (1931) (Nemata). Nematologica 37: 20-37, more Decraemer, W. (1989). Three new draconematid species from Papua New Guinea. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 59: 5-24, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N. (1989). Marine nematodes from Guadeloupe: IX. The genus Metepsilonema (Epsilonematidae). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 59: 25-38, more Decraemer, W. (1988). Dracograllus (Nematoda: Draconematinae) from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of new species. Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 58: 5-27, more Decraemer, W. (1988). Morphometric variability and value of characters used for specific identification in Trichodorus COBB, 1913. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 58: 29-44, more Decraemer, W. (1987). Tricominae (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida) from Laing Island, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of new species. Invertebr. Taxon. 1(3): 231-256, more Decraemer, W.; Gourbault, N. (1987). Marine nematodes from Guadeloupe and other Caribbean Islands: VII. The genus Epsilonema (Epsilonematidae). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 57: 57-77, more Decraemer, W. (1986). A note on the type material of Tricoma spuria Inglis, 1968. Nematologica 32(3): 356-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187529286X00435, more Decraemer, W. (1983). Tricominae (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida) from the northern part of Moçambique Channel, with five new species and one new genus. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 55(5): 1-26, pl. I-IX, more Decraemer, W. (1983). Five new species of deep-sea desmoscolecids (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida) from the Bay of Biscay. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 55(6): 1-26, V plates, more Decraemer, W. (1983). Desmoscolecids from the Demerara abyssal basin off French Guiana (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sect. A Zool. Biol. Ecol. Anim. 4e série, 5(2): 543-560, more Decraemer, W. (1982). Draconematidae and Epsilonematidae (Nematoda) from Laing Island Papua New Guinea, with one new Genus and three new species. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 54(1): 1-22, pl. I-VIII, more Decraemer, W. (1982). Desmoscolecida from salt marshes in West Germany (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida). Nematologica 27(1981): 385-396, more Decraemer, W.; Jensen, P. (1981). Meyliidae (Nematoda-Desmoscolecoidea) with four new species and two new genera. Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 53(18): 1-13, more Decraemer, W. (1979). Taxonomic problems within the Desmoscolecida. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 9-16, more Decraemer, W. (1979). Taxonomic problems within the Desmoscolecida (Nematoda). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 108(1-2): 13-20, more Decraemer, W. (1979). Desmoscolecids from sublittoral fine-sand of Pierre Noire (West Channel) (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sect. A Zool. Biol. Ecol. Anim. 4e série, tôme 1(2): 299-321, more Decraemer, W. (1978). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XIV. Prototricoma dherdei sp. nov. and Desmolorenzenia cooleni sp. nov. with a discussion of the genus Prototricoma Timm (Nematoda, Desmoscolecida). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 107(3-4): 109-123, more Decraemer, W. (1977). Origin and evolution of the Desmoscolecida, an aberrant group of nematodes. Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch. 15: 232-236, more Decraemer, W. (1975). The aberrant structure of the head in the genus Desmotimmia Freudenhammer, 1975 (Nematodes, Desmoscolecida). Z. Morphol. Tiere 81(3): 191-194, more Decraemer, W. (1974). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes I: Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida) from Yonge Reef, Lizard Island and Nymphe Island with general characteristics of the genus Desmoscolex. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 104: 105-130, more Dumont, H.J.; Miron, I.; Dall'Asta, U.; Decraemer, W.; Claus, C.; Somers, D. (1973). Limnological aspects of some Moroccan atlas lakes, with reference to some physical and chemical variables, the nature and distribution of the phyto- and zooplankton, including a note on possibilities for the development of an inland fishery. Int. Rev. gesamten Hydrobiol. 58(1): 33-60, more
Book chapters (2) [show]
Decraemer, W. (1985). Deep-sea desmoscolecids (Nematoda), in: Laubier, L. et al. (Ed.) Peuplements profonds du Golfe de Gascogne: campagnes BIOGAS. pp. 325-330, more Decraemer, W. (1975). Vergelijkende studie van Nematodenfauna's uit de Noordzee, in: Lievens, F. Ekologische en biologische studie van de kustwateren ter hoogte van Nieuwpoort in verband met het lozen van afvalwateren. Mededelingen van het Rijksstation voor Zeevisserij (CLO Gent), 99: pp. 328-357, more
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Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Holovachov, O.; Santiago, R.P.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.M.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Mokievsky, V.; Venekey, V.; Zhao, Z.; Hodda, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Update on Nemys/WoRMS – An evolving online database with taxonomic and ecological information on nematodes, in: Adão, H. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: SeventIMCO - Seventeenth International Meiofauna Conference, University of Évora, Portugal, 7-12 July, 2019. University of Évora, Special Publication, : pp. 68, more Mokievsky, V.; Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.M.; Santiago, R.P.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Vanreusel, A.; Venekey, V.; Zhao, Z. (2019). Morphological species descriptions of free-living nematodes: measurements, characters and their presentation in taxonomic papers, in: Adão, H. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: SeventIMCO - Seventeenth International Meiofauna Conference, University of Évora, Portugal, 7-12 July, 2019. University of Évora, Special Publication, : pp. 92, more Silva de Oliveira, D.A.; Decraemer, W.; Holovachov, O.; Burr, J.; De Ley, I.T.; De Ley, P.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2012). An integrative approach to characterize cryptic species in the Thoracostoma trachygaster Hope, 1967 complex (Nematoda: Leptosomatidae), in: Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life. “Barcoding of organisms of policy concern”, Brussels, Belgium, 17-20 September 2012: program and abstracts. pp. 4, more Armenteros, M.; Ruiz-Abierno, A.; Vincx, M.; Decraemer, W. (2008). Morphometric analysis of the genus Terschellingia De Man, 1888 (Nematoda, Linhomoeidae) with discussion of the diagnostic features and identification key to the species, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November 2008: book of abstracts. pp. 1, more Decraemer, W.; Neira, C. (2008). Morphology in a DNA barcoding world, in: Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Nematology: Nematodes Down Under. pp. 34, more Raes, M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). Ecology of the free-living marine nematodes associated with cold-water and tropical coral structures, in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [26], more
Other publications (12) [show]
da Fonseca Cavalcanti, M.; Torres, R.A.; Rieger, T.T.; Neres, P.; Rodrigues, N.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Decraemer, W. (2007). The phylogenetic status of Spirinia elongata: a molecular perspective (18S) regarding the family Desmodoridae (Nematoda, Chromadorida), in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [Poster 77], more Decraemer, W.; Neira, C. (2007). A new nematode genus from bathyal oxygen minimum zone sediment off Peru: a missing link between Chromadorida and Desmodorida?, in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [Poster 73], more Maria, T.F.; Esteves, A.M.; Decraemer, W.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). A nematodes community from Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [Poster 35], more Neres, P.; da Silva, M.C.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Esteves, A.M.; Smol, N.; Decraemer, W. (2007). Daptonema sp. nov. (Xyalidae - Monhysterina): an uncommon reproductive strategy in free-living marine nematodes?, in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [Poster 75], more Neres, P.; Torres, R.A.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Rieger, T.T.; Rodrigues, N.; da Fonseca Cavalcanti, M.; Decraemer, W. (2007). Morphological and molecular systematic analyses of Daptonema sp. nov. (Xyalidae - Nematoda), in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [Poster 76], more Venekey, V.; Fonseca-Genevois, V.; Smol, N.; Decraemer, W. (2007). A remarkable new genus with ornamented cuticle from a Brazilian tropical sandy beach and erection of a new subfamily within the Enchelidiidae (Nematoda, Enoplida), in: Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007, Recife, Brazil: Abstract book. pp. [Poster 72], more Gourbault, N.; Decraemer, W. (1992). Marine nematodes from Polynesia. Epsilonematidae and Draconematidae. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 43(4): 663-681. https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF9920663, more 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. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 29(4): 497-508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF9780497, more Decraemer, W.; Coomans, A. (1978). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes XIII. A description of four new species and a redescription of four known species from in and around mangroves on Lizard Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 29(4): 509-541. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF9780509, more Decraemer, W. (1977). Taxonomical problems in marine nematology (Nematoda - Desmoscolecida), in: The systematics of marine free-living nematodes, Gent, 16-19 august 1977. abstract book. pp. 5, more Decraemer, W. (1976). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes VI. Morphological observations on a new genus Quadricomoides of marine Desmoscolecida. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 27(1): 89-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF9760089, more Decraemer, W. (1974). Scientific report on the Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1967. Nematodes IV: Desmoscolex-species (Nematoda-Desmoscolecida) from Yonge Reef and Nymphe Island with detailed study of Desmoscolex longisetosus Timm, 1970. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 42: 86-104, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (2) [show]
Armenteros, M. (2010). Ecology and taxonomy of free-living marine nematodes from Cienfuegos Bay, Caribbean Sea. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 204 pp., more Raes, M. (2006). An ecological and taxonomical study of the free-living marine nematodes associated with cold-water and tropical coral structures. PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. XIII, 330 pp., more

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