Checklist of the subfamily Adoncholaiminae Gerlach and Riemann, 1974 (Nematoda: Oncholaimida: Oncholaimidae) of the world: genera, species, distribution, and reference list for taxonomists and ecologists

Abstract Background Adoncholaiminae is one of the seven subfamilies in the free-living aquatic nematode family Oncholaimidae. Nematodes in Adoncholaiminae are found from various water environment of the world. However, a checklist of all Adoncholaiminae species including full literature, especially information of experimental (not taxonomic) works, has not been updated for more than 40 years. New information A revised checklist of the subfamily Adoncholaiminae of the world is provided. It contains 31 valid and 13 invalid species names in four genera with synonyms, collection records, and full literature from 1860's to 2015 for each species. A literature survey of total 477 previous papers was conducted in this work, and 362 of them are newly added to checklist.


Introduction
nematodes in the subfamily. A literature survey of 31 valid and 13 invalid species in Adoncholaiminae was conducted. More than 400 papers in which species names of Adoncholaiminae are found, not only taxonomic descriptions and collection records but also ecological, morphological, physiological, and DNA works, were completely collected. However, references not satisfying criteria of publication in Articles 8 and 9 of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2012a, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2012b), e.g. theses, symposium abstracts, and some web articles, are excluded.
Total 485 previous papers (see References) including any species names of Adoncholaiminae was found through a literature survey. Of these references, only 115 were also cited by Gerlach and Riemann (1974) in section of Adoncholaiminae. New 362 papers are added to literature in the present study, containing 293 published after 1973, and 69 were published before 1974 but neglected by them. However, most of the latter were cited in other sections of their checklist.
Notes: Holotype: Institute of Marine Biology of the Far Eastern Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, USSR Table 6.
Notes: Holotype: unknown References: see Table 16 Reference  References: see Table 17 Reference  References: see Table 18 Reference      References: see Table 23 Reference  Table 23.

Reference
References of Adoncholaimus chilkensis. Abbreviations: C, citation; D, description; E, ecology; F, feeding and culture; G, genus diagnosis; L, species list of genus; M, morphology; N, DNA taxonomy; O, other experiment; P, population and fauna; R, taxonomic revision; T, taxonomy.