Longidoridae
Longidoridae (longidorid nematodes) is a family of polyphagous root ectoparasites in the phylum Nematoda (nematodes) with a worldwide distribution.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Dorylaimida |
| Suborder: | Dorylaimina |
| Superfamily: | Dorylaimoidea |
| Family: | Longidoridae Thorne, 1935 |
Taxonomy
There are about 720 species divided amongst seven genera in the family, which is further subdivided into subfamilies and tribes.[1]
Subdivision
Subfamilies;
- Longidorinae (480 spp.)
- Xiphineminae (240 spp.)
Tribes;
- Subfamily Longidorinae
- Longidorini
- Xiphidorini
- Subfamily Xiphineminae
Genera
- Subfamily Longidorinae
- Tribe Longidorini
- Longidorus (144 spp.) [2]
- Longidoroides (13 spp.)
- Paralongidorus (72 spp.)
- Tribe Xiphidorini
- Australodorus (1 sp.)
- Paraxiphidorus (3 spp.)
- Xiphidorus (8 spp.)
- Tribe Longidorini
- Subfamily Xiphineminae
- 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
- 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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