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Longidoridae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Enoplea

Suborder
  
Dorylaimina

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Nematoda

Order
  
Dorylaimida

Superfamily
  
Dorylaimoidea

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Similar
  
Longidorus, Xiphinema, Dorylaimida, Xiphinema americanum, Paralongidorus

Longidoridae (longidorid nematodes) is a family of polyphagous root ectoparasites in the phylum Nematoda (nematodes) with a worldwide distribution.

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Taxonomy

There are about 720 species divided amongst seven genera in the family, which is further subdivided into subfamilies and tribes.

Subdivision

Subfamilies;

  • Longidorinae (480 spp.)
  • Xiphineminae (240 spp.)

    • Tribes;

  • Subfamily Longidorinae
  • Longidorini
  • Xiphidorini
  • Subfamily Xiphineminae

    • Genera

  • Subfamily Longidorinae
  • Tribe Longidorini
  • Longidorus (144 spp.)
  • Longidoroides (13 spp.)
  • Paralongidorus (72 spp.)
  • Tribe Xiphidorini
  • Australodorus (1 sp.)
  • Paraxiphidorus (3 spp.)
  • Xiphidorus (8 spp.)
  • Subfamily Xiphineminae
  • Xiphinema (some 240 spp.)

    • Pathology

    With the Trichodoridae, the Longoridae 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.

    References

    Longidoridae Wikipedia
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