Enchodelus groenlandicus Thorne 1939
Creators: name: Elshishka, Milka
name: Mladenov, Aleksandar
name: Altash, Stela
name: Álvarez-Ortega, Sergio
name: Peña-Santiago, Reyes
name: Peneva, Vlada
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Nordiidae
Enchodelus
Enchodelus groenlandicus

description: Enchodelus groenlandicus (Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne, 1939
Dorylaimus (Doryllium) groenlandicus Ditlevsen, 1927; Ditlevsen (1927) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10830630
Dorylaimellus groenlandicus (Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne & Swanger, 1936; Thorne and Swanger (1936) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10845805
Enchodelus (Enchodelus) groenlandicus (Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne, 1939
Enchodelus (Enchodelus) groenlandicus; Ahmad and Jairajpuri (1980) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8144934
Enchodelus groenlandicus (Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne, 1939; Thorne (1939) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003133
Enchodelus groenlandicus; Eliava and Eliashvily (1990): 57; 98 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003031
Enchodelus groenlandicus; Guerrero et al. (2008 b) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8111847
Enchodelus groenlandicus; Andrássy (2009 a) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10728535
Enchodelus groenlandicus; Pedram et al. (2011) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8114666
Enchodelus groenlandicus; Elshishka et al. (2012) Plazi treatment
Enchodelus groenlandicus; Holovachov (2014): 22 [list] Plazi treatment
Enchodelus groenlandicus; Peña-Santiago (2021 b): 207 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo. 11192354
Distribution
This species is representative of Holarctic nematode fauna, reported for the first time from Greenland (type habitat: a brook - Ditlevsen (1927)) and later from: Albania (soil from around beech trees, soil around brook, 950-1500 m a. s. l. - Andrássy (2009 a)), Iran (the rhizosphere of grasses - Pedram et al. (2011)), Russia (Arctic tundra - Kuzmin and Gagarin (1990) / Arctic polygonal nival desert, associated with Deschampsia borealis (Trautv.) Roshev., Gymnomitrium coraloides Nees., Cladonia sp., 750 m a. s. l - Elshishka et al. (2012)), Spain (meadow and hedgehog heath, 955-2450 m a. s. l. - Guerrero et al. (2008 b)) and Uzbekistan (a cotton field - Khakimov (1973)).
Taxon discussion
Originally described by Ditlevsen (1927), based on a single female specimen from Disko Island, Greenland, with Guerrero et al. (2008 b) providing a more detailed description of Iberian populations. Later, the species was also reported, along with descriptions, from Albania, Iran and Russian Arctic (polygonal polar desert on Plateau Putorana) (Andrássy 2009 a, Pedram et al. 2011, Elshishka et al. 2012, respectively), but Iranian specimens deviate in many morphometric characters from the type population and subsequent records. Besides, the species was recorded in a cotton field in Uzbekistan (Khakimov (1973)), but Guerrero et al. (2008 b) suggested that this material belonged to a different species (characterised by a short body and post-equatorial vulva). Further, Andrássy (2009 b) suggested that E. groenlandicus and E. saxifragae are identical.
Notes
Geographical distribution of E. groenlandicus shows a remarkable disjunction pattern as it occurs at high altitudes 950 m - 2450 m a. s. l. in southern Europe and Iran and at high latitudes in the Arctic Polar Region (Putorana Plateau and Greenland). Guerrero et al. (2008 b) hypothesised that such distribution might stem from quaternary glacial events.
description: Published as part of Elshishka, Milka, Mladenov, Aleksandar, Altash, Stela, Álvarez-Ortega, Sergio, Peña-Santiago, Reyes & Peneva, Vlada, 2024, Cyber catalogue and revision of the nematode genus Enchodelus (Dorylaimida, Nordiidae), pp. e 126315 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e126315, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e126315