| INDEX TO COMMON NAMES | |||
| A | H | O | V |
| B | I | P | W |
| C | J | Q | X |
| D | K | R | Y |
| E | L | S | Z |
| F | M | T | |
| G | N | U | |
Note: common names vary and are used differently in different parts of the
world.
In some cases they are applied to a whole genus or even several genera.
The list below provides some alternatives.
Select the Genus or Genus and species corresponding to the common name
| Common Name | Genus or Genus and species | |
| A | ||
| African Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne africana | |
| African Cotton Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne acronea | |
| African Cyst Nematode | Heterodera africana | |
| Alfalfa Cyst Nematode | Heterodera medicaginis | |
| Alfalfa Stem Nematode | Ditylenchus dipsaci | |
| Allen's Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus alleni | |
| Almond Cyst Nematode | Heterodera amygdali | |
| Amaranth Cyst Nematode | Cactodera amaranthi | |
| Amaryllis Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus hippeastri | |
| American Dagger Nematode | Xiphinema americanum | |
| Amur Daryan Cyst Nematode | Heterodera oxiana | |
| Angolan Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne megadora | |
| Apple Cyst Nematode | Globodera mali | |
| Apple Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne mali | |
| Aquatic Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne aquatilis | |
| Arden Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne ardenensis | |
| Artichoke Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne cynariensis | |
| Asian Citrus Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne citri | |
| Auckland Cyst Nematode | Heterodera aucklandica | |
| Australian Cereal Cyst Nematode | Heterodera australis | |
| Awl Nematode | Dolichodorus | |
| B | ||
| Bamboo Cyst Nematode | Heterodera koreana | |
| Bamboo Cyst Nematode | Heterodera bamboosi | |
| Banana Burrowing Nematode | Radopholus similis | |
| Banana Spiral Nematode | Helicotylenchus multicinctus | |
| Barley Cyst Nematode | Heterodera hordecalis | |
| Barley Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne naasi | |
| Beachgrass Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne sasseri | |
| Bean Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne phaseoli | |
| Bentgrass Nematode | Anguina agrostis | |
| Bentgrass Cyst Nematode | Heterodera agrostis | |
| Bergenia Cyst Nematode | Heterodera bergeniae | |
| Bermuda Grass Cyst Nematode | Heterodera cardiolata | |
| Bifenestrate Cyst Nemaode | Heterodera bifenestra | |
| Birch Cyst Nematode | Betuladera betulae | |
| Blueberry Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne carolinensis | |
| Boxwood Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus vulnus | |
| Boxwood Spiral Nematode | Rotylenchus buxophilus | |
| Brazilian (Pyroid) Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne exigua | |
| British Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne artiellia | |
| Bud and Leaf Nematode | Aphelenchoides | |
| Bud Nematode | Aphelenchoides | |
| Bulb and Stem nematode | Ditylenchus dipsaci | |
| Burrowing Nematode | Radopholus | |
| C | ||
| Cabbage Cyst Nematode | Heterodera cruciferae | |
| Cactus Cyst Nematode | Cactodera cacti | |
| Californian Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne californiensis | |
| Camellia Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne camelliae | |
| Carrot Cyst Nematode | Heterodera carotae | |
| Carrot Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne polycephannulata | |
| Carpet Grass Cyst Nematode | Heterodera axonopi | |
| Cereal Cyst Nematode | Heterodera avenae | |
| Cereal Cyst Nematode | Heterodera filipjevi | |
| Cereal Cyst Nematode | Heterodera latipons | |
| Chambers' Dagger Nematode | Xiphinema chambersi | |
| Chickpea Cyst Nematode | Heterodera ciceri | |
| Chinese Cereal Cyst Nematode | Heterodera sturhani | |
| Chinese Citrus Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne kongi | |
| Chinese Cyst Nematode | Heterodera sinensis | |
| Chinese Grape Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne vitis | |
| Chinese Peanut Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne panyuensis | |
| Chinese Potato Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne sinensis | |
| Chrysanthemum Foliar Nematode | Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi | |
| Citrus Nematode | Tylenchulus semipenetrans | |
| Citrus Spine Nematode | Crossonema civellae | |
| Clover Cyst Nematode | Heterodera trifolii | |
| Clover Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne trifoliophila | |
| Cobb's Awl Nematode | Dolichodorus heterocephalus | |
| Cobb's Lance Nematode | Hoplolaimus galeatus | |
| Cobb's Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus penetrans | |
| Cobb's Spiral Nematode | Helicotylenchus multicinctus | |
| Coconut Palm Nematode | Bursaphelenchus cocophilus | |
| Coffee Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus coffeae | |
| Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne exigua | |
| Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne coffeicola | |
| Columbia Lance Nematode | Hoplolaimus columbus | |
| Columbia Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne chitwoodi | |
| Cordgrass Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne spartinae | |
| Corn Cyst Nematode | Heterodera zeae | |
| Corn Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus zeae | |
| Corn Sowthistle Nematode | Heterodera sonchophila | |
| Costa Rican Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne arabicida | |
| Costa Rica Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne lopezi | |
| Costa Rican Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne salasi | |
| Cotton Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne incognita | |
| Creeping Red Fescue Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne microtyla | |
| Crimp Nematode | Aphelenchoides besseyi | |
| Crucian Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne cruciani | |
| Cynodon Cyst Nematode | Heterodera cardiolata | |
| Cyst Nematode | Cactodera | |
| Cyst Nematode | Globodera | |
| Cyst Nematode | Heterodera | |
| Cyst Nematode | Punctodera | |
| Cystoid Nematode | Cryphodera | |
| Cystoid Nematode | Meloidodera | |
| D | ||
| Dagger Nematode | Xiphinema | |
| Dak Lak Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne daklakensis | |
| Dock Cyst Nematode | Heterodera rosii | |
| Donghai Citrus Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne donghaiensis | |
| Dropseed Gall Nematode | Afrina sporoboliae | |
| Dune Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne dunensis | |
| Duyts's Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne duytsi | |
| E | ||
| Ear-cockle Nematode | Anguina tritici | |
| El Salvador Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne izalcoensis | |
| Enchanter's Nightshade Cyst Nematode | Heterodera circeae | |
| Estonian Cyst Nematode | Cactodera estonica | |
| Ethiopian Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne ethiopica | |
| European Cereal Cyst Nematode | Heterodera avenae | |
| European Dagger Nematode | Xiphinema diversicaudatum | |
| Evans' Cyst Nematode | Cactodera evansi | |
| F | ||
| False Burrowing Nematode | Pratylenchoides | |
| False Columbia Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne fallax | |
| False Root-knot Nematode | Nacobbus | |
| False Sheath Nematode | Hemicriconemoides affinis | |
| Fanzhi Potato Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne fanzhiensis | |
| Fern Nematode | Aphelenchoides fragariae | |
| Fescue Leaf-gall Nematode | Anguina graminis | |
| Fig Cyst Nematode | Heterodera fici | |
| Filipjev's Cereal Cyst Nematode | Heterodera filipjevi | |
| Foliar Nematode | Aphelenchoides | |
| Foliar Nematode | Aphelenchoides | |
| Fujian Citrus Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne fujianensis | |
| Fujian Citrus Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne mingnanica | |
| G | ||
| Gambian Cyst Nematode | Heterodera gambiensis | |
| Ginger Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne thailandica | |
| Golden Nematode | Globodera rostochiensis | |
| Golden's Cyst Nematode | Heterodera goldeni | |
| Goose Grass Cyst Nematode | Vittatidera zeaphila | |
| Grass Cyst Nematode | Heterodera mani | |
| Grass Cyst Nematode | Punctodera punctata | |
| Grass Root-gall Nematode | Subanguina radicicola | |
| Grass Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne graminis | |
| Grass Seed Nematode | Anguina agrostis | |
| Grass Seed-gall Nematode | Anguina agrostis | |
| Groundnut Pod Nematode | Ditylenchus africanus | |
| Groundnut Testa Nematode | Aphelenchoides arachidis | |
| Guava Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne enterolobii | |
| H | ||
| Hemp Nettle Cyst Nematode | Heterodera galeopsidis | |
| Holly Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne silvestris | |
| Hop Cyst Nematode | Heterodera humuli | |
| Horsenettle Cyst Nematode | Globodera virginiae | |
| I | ||
| Indian Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne brevicauda | |
| Indian Citrus Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne indica | |
| Indian Rice Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne triticoryzae | |
| Intestinal Roundworm | Ascaris lumbricoides | |
| J | ||
| Japanese Cyst Nematode | Heterodera elachista | |
| Japanese Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne ichinohei | |
| Javanese Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne javanica | |
| Jianyang Citrus Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne jianyangensis | |
| Jinan Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne jinanensis | |
| K | ||
| Kansas Cyst Nematode | Heterodera longicolla | |
| Kikuyu Grass Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne kikuyensis | |
| Kirjanova's Cyst Nematode | Heterodera kirjanovae | |
| Kiwifruit Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne aberrans | |
| Knotweed Cyst Nematode | Cactodera weissi | |
| Kona Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne konaensis | |
| Korean Cyst Nematode | Heterodera koreana | |
| Krall Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne kralli | |
| L | ||
| Lance Nematode | Hoplolaimus | |
| Leaf-gall Nematode | Anguina | |
| Leaf-gall Nematode | Anguina balsamophila | |
| Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus | |
| Lespedeza Cyst Nematode | Heterodera lespedezae | |
| Lucerne Cyst Nematode | Heterodera medicaginis | |
| Luc's Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne luci | |
| M | ||
| Maize Cyst Nematode | Heterodera zeae | |
| Mangrove Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne mersa | |
| Maple Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne ovalis | |
| Maritime Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne maritima | |
| Marram Grass Cyst Nematode | Heterodera arenaria | |
| Maryland Grass Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne marylandi | |
| Meadow Nematode | Pratylenchus pratensis | |
| Mediterranean Cereal Cyst Nematode | Heterodera latipons | |
| Mediterranean Cyst Nematode | Heterodera mediterranea | |
| Mediterranean Olive Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne baetica | |
| Mesquite Cystoid Nematode | Meloidodera charis | |
| Mexican Corn Cyst Nematode | Punctodera chalcoensis | |
| Mexican Cyst Nematode | Globodera mexicana | |
| Michigan Grape Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne nataliei | |
| Miller's Cyst Nematode | Cactodera milleri | |
| Mint Cyst Nematode | Heterodera menthae | |
| Moens's Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne moensi | |
| Morrocan Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne morrociensis | |
| Moth Cyst Nematode | Heterodera mothi | |
| N | ||
| Needle Nematode | Longidorus | |
| Needle Nematode | Paralongidorus | |
| Nettle Cyst Nematode | Heterodera urticae | |
| Nightshade Gall Nematode | Ditylenchus phyllobius | |
| Northern Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne hapla | |
| Nutgrass Cyst Nematode | Heterodera cyperi | |
| Nutsedge Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne aegracyperi | |
| O | ||
| Oak Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne querciana | |
| Oat Cyst Nematode | Heterodera avenae | |
| Olive Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne lusitanica | |
| Otterson's Grass Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne ottersoni | |
| P | ||
| Pacara Earpod Tree Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne enterolobii | |
| Pacific Shoot-gall Nematode | Anguina pacificae | |
| Paddy Cyst Nematode | Heterodera oryzicola | |
| Pakistan Cyst Nematode | Heterodera pakistanensis | |
| Pale Cyst Nematode | Globodera palida | |
| Parana Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne paranaensis | |
| Pea Cyst Nematode | Heterodera goettingiana | |
| Pea Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne pisi | |
| Peach Ring Nematode | Mesocriconema xenoplax | |
| Peach Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne floridensis | |
| Peanut Pod Nematode | Ditylenchus africanus | |
| Peanut Ring Nematode | Mesocriconema ornatum | |
| Peanut Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne arenaria | |
| Peashrub Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne caraganae | |
| Pecan Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne partityla | |
| Pepper Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne piperi | |
| Persian Cyst Nematode | Heterodera persica | |
| Petunia Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne petuniae | |
| Persian Sessile Nematode | Cacopaurus pestis | |
| Pigeon Pea Cyst Nematode | Heterodera cajani | |
| Pin Nematode | Gracilacus | |
| Pin Nematode | Paratylenchus | |
| Pine Cystoid Nematode | Meloidodera floridensis | |
| Pine Needle Nematode | Longidorus americanus | |
| Pine Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne megatyla | |
| Pine Sting Nematode | Belonolaimus gracilis | |
| Pine Wilt Nematode | Bursaphelenchus | |
| Pine Wilt Nematode | Bursaphelenchus xylophilus | |
| Pine Wood Nematode | Bursaphelenchus | |
| Pinewood Nematode | Bursaphelenchus mucronatus | |
| Pinewood Nematode | Bursaphelenchus xylophilus | |
| Plantain Cyst Nematode | Heterodera plantaginis | |
| Polygonium Cyst Nematode | Heterodera polygoni | |
| Potato Cyst Nematode | Globodera palida | |
| Potato Cyst Nematode | Globodera rostochiensis | |
| Potato Rot Nematode | Ditylenchus destructor | |
| Potato-rot Nematode | Ditylenchus destructor | |
| Puntarenas Coffee Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne lopezi | |
| Q | ||
| R | ||
| Ragi Cyst Nematode | Heterodera delvii | |
| Raski's Cyst Nematode | Heterodera raskii | |
| Red Ring Nematode | Bursaphelenchus cocophilus | |
| Reed Cyst Nematode | Heterodera phragmitidis | |
| Reniform Nematode | Rotylenchulus | |
| Reniform Nematode | Rotylenchulus reniformis | |
| Rice Cyst Nematode | Heterodera oryzae | |
| Rice Cyst Nematode | Heterodera oryzicola | |
| Rice Root Nematode | Hirschmanniella | |
| Rice Root Nematode | Hirschmanniella oryzae | |
| Rice Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne graminicola | |
| Rice White-tip Nematode | Aphelenchoides besseyi | |
| Ring Nematode | Criconema | |
| Ring Nematode | Criconematidae | |
| Ring Nematode | Criconemoides | |
| Ring Nematode | Discocriconemella | |
| Ring Nematode | Mesocriconema | |
| Ring Nematode | Neolobocriconema | |
| Ring Nematode | Nothocriconema | |
| Riverbank Cyst Nematode | Heterodera riparia | |
| Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne | |
| Root-lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus | |
| Round Cyst Nematode | Globodera | |
| Ryegrass Cyst Nematode | Heterodera mani | |
| S | ||
| Sand Pine Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne pini | |
| Scribner's Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus scribneri | |
| Sea-lavendar Cyst Nematode | Heterodera limonii | |
| Sealworm | Pseudoterranova decipiens | |
| Sedge Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne propora | |
| Seed-gall Nematode | Afrina | |
| Seed-gall Nematode | Anguina agrostis | |
| Seed-gall Nematode | Anguina tritici | |
| Sessile Nematode | Cacopaurus | |
| Seville Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne hispanica | |
| Sheath Nematode | Hemicyliophora | |
| Sheathoid Nematode | Hemicriconemoides | |
| Skullcap Cyst Nematode | Heterodera scutellariae | |
| Smartweed Cyst Nematode | Cactodera weissi | |
| Smooth-headed Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus brachyurus | |
| Southern Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne incognita | |
| Southern Sting Nematode | Ibipora lolii | |
| Soybean Cyst Nematode | Heterodera glycines | |
| Sow Thistle Cyst Nematode | Heterodera sonchophila | |
| Spanish Olive Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne oleae | |
| Spartel Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne spartelensis | |
| Spike-rush Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne sewelli | |
| Spine Nematode | Bakernema | |
| Spine Nematode | Criconema | |
| Spiral Nematode | Helicotylenchus | |
| Spiral nematode | Rotylenchus | |
| Spiral Nematode | Scutellonema | |
| Spring Crimp Nematode | Aphelenchoides fragariae | |
| St. Augustine Grass Cyst Nematode | Heterodera leuceilyma | |
| Stem and Bulb Nematode | Ditylenchus | |
| Stem and Bulb Nematode | Ditylenchus dipsaci | |
| Sting Nematode | Belonolaimus | |
| Sting Nematode | Ibipora lolii | |
| Stone's Cyst Nematode | Punctodera stonei | |
| Strawberry Bud Nematode | Aphelenchoides besseyi | |
| Strawberry Spring Dwarf Nematode | Aphelenchoides fragariae | |
| Strawberry Summer Dwarf Nematode | Aphelenchoides besseyi | |
| Strawberry Summer Dwarf Nematode | Aphelenchoides besseyi | |
| Stubby-root Nematode | Allotrichodorus | |
| Stubby-root Nematode | Monotrichodorus | |
| Stubby-root Nematode | Paratrichodorus | |
| Stubby-root Nematode | Trichodorus | |
| Stunt Nematode | Merlinius | |
| Stunt Nematode | Quinisulcius | |
| Stunt Nematode | Tylenchorhynchus | |
| Sturhan's Cyst Nematode | Heterodera sturhani | |
| Subarctic Grass Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne subarctica | |
| Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode | Heterodera schachtii | |
| Sugarbeet False Root-knot Nematode | Nacobbus aberrans | |
| Sugarcane Cyst Nematode | Heterodera sacchari | |
| Suginami Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne suginamiensis | |
| Surinam Rice Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne oryzae | |
| Swarup's Cyst Nematode | Heterodera swarupi | |
| Swimbladder Nematode | Cystidicola farionis | |
| Sycamore Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne platani | |
| T | ||
| Tadzhik Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne tadshikistanica | |
| Tajik Cyst Nematode | Heterodera tadshikistanica | |
| Tea Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne brevicauda | |
| Testa Nematode | Aphelenchoides arachidis | |
| Texas Peanut Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne haplanaria | |
| Thames' Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne thamesi | |
| Thorne's Cyst Nematode | Cactodera thornei | |
| Thorne's Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus thornei | |
| Tobacco Cyst Nematode | Globodera tabacum | |
| Tobacco Stunt Nematode | Tylenchorhynchus claytoni | |
| Turkey-oak Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne christiei | |
| Turkmenistan Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne turkestanica | |
| Turkmenian Cyst Nematode | Heterodera turcomanica | |
| U | ||
| Ustinov's Cyst Nematode | Heterodera ustinovi | |
| V | ||
| Van der Vegte's Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne vandervegtei | |
| W | ||
| Walnut Lesion Nematode | Pratylenchus vulnus | |
| Walnut Nematode | Cacopaurus pestis | |
| Water Hemp Cyst Nematode | Cactodera acnidae | |
| Wheat Cockle Nematode | Anguina tritici | |
| Wheat Nematode | Anguina tritici | |
| Wheat Seed-gall Nematode | Anguina tritici | |
| White Cyst Nematode | Globodera palida | |
| White Soybean Cyst Nematode | Heterodera sojae | |
| White-tip Nematode | Aphelenchoides besseyi | |
| Willow Cyst Nematode | Heterodera salixophila | |
| Willow Root-knot Nematode | Meloidogyne chosenia | |
| Willowleaf Cyst Nematode | Heterodera spiraeae | |
| Wormwood Cyst Nematode | Globodera artemisiae | |
| X | ||
| Y | ||
| Yam Spiral Nematode | Scutellonema bradys | |
| Yaeeow Cyst Nematode | Globodera millefolii | |
| Yellow Beet Cyst Nematode | Heterodera betae | |
| Z | ||