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Classification:

Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Anguinidae
            Anguininae

              Anguina paludicola Bertozzi & Davies, 2009

Synonyms:
      

According to the authors, paludicola means "living in the swamp" which refgers to the flood plain habitat of the host rgasses.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females are strongly obese. curved or coiled ventrally when relaxed.  Interestingly, the males cuved dorsally (ventral surface out) when heat relaxed.

Mature females obese.

 

 

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
 
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Distribution:

Reported from Australia on graases in areas subjected to flooding.


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Economic Importance:

Nematode-induced galls on the grasses Polypogon monspeliensis and Lachnagrostis filiformibecome become colonized by Rathayibacter toxicus which is responsible for posoning of grazing animals.  The condition is known as "flood plain staggers" or annual ryegrass toxicity" ( Bertozzi and  Davies, 2009).

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Feeding:

The nematodes induce galls on shoot meristems and in developing seeds.


      

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Hosts:

 
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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:
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Damage:

Associated with Rathayibacter toxicus infection of galls, the source of the txin responsible for "flood plain staggers" of animals grazing on the host grasses in Australia (Bertozzi and Davies, 2009).

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click 
 
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References:

Bertozzi, T., & Davies, K. 2009. Anguina paludicola sp. N. (Tylenchida: Anguinidae): The nematode associated with Rathayibacter toxicus infection in Polypogon monspeliensis and Lachnagrostis filiformis in Australia. Zootaxa, 2060: 33-46.

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