Enchodelus groenlandicus ( Ditlevsen, 1927 ) Thorne, 1939

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), Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 126315-e 126315 : e126315-

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.