Longidoridae
| Longidoridae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Dorylaimida |
| Suborder: | |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | Longidoridae Thorne, 1935 |
Longidoridae (longidorid nematodes) is a family of polyphagous root ectoparasites in the phylum Nematoda (nematodes) with a worldwide distribution.
Taxonomy[]
There are about 720 species divided amongst seven genera in the family, which is further subdivided into subfamilies and tribes.[1]
Subdivision[]
Subfamilies;
- (480 spp.)
- (240 spp.)
Tribes;
- Subfamily
- Subfamily
Genera[]
- Subfamily
- Tribe
- Longidorus (144 spp.) [2]
- (13 spp.)
- Paralongidorus (72 spp.)
- Tribe
- (1 sp.)
- (3 spp.)
- (8 spp.)
- Tribe
- Subfamily
- Xiphinema (some 240 spp.)
Pathology[]
With the Trichodoridae, the Longidoridae form the two Enoplea nematode families known to be plant parasites, though from different subclasses, and the only virus vectors (particularly nepoviruses) in phylum Nematoda.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Decraemer, W; Robbins, RT (2007). "The who, what and where of longidoridae and trichodoridae". J Nematol. 39 (4): 295–7. PMC 2586508. PMID 19259501.
- ^ Robbins & Brown 1996.
Bibliography[]
- R. T. Robbins and D. J. F. Brown (March 1996). "Descriptions of Three New Longidorus Species from Alaska (Nematoda: Longidoridae)". J Nematol. 28 (1): 83–93. PMC 2619677. PMID 19277349.
- Lee, Donald L, ed. (2010). The biology of nematodes. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0415272117. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- Ahmad, Wasim; Jairajpuri, M. Shamim (1992). Dorylaimida : free-living, predaceous and plant-parasitic Nematodes. Leiden: E.J. Brill. ISBN 9004092293. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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