Ecphyadophora tenuissima

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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Tylenchidae

Ecphyadophorinae

Ecphyadophora tenuissima de Man, 1921

Type species of the genus

Synonyms:
E. tarjani Husain & Khan, 1965

Morphology and Anatomy:

Moderate-sized; very slender nematodes,
Cephalic region bluntly rounded, not offset from body contour; small pore-like amphid apertures
Cuticle appears smooth but actually is finely striated.
Lateral field with 4 incisures where visible.
Stylet small, with rounded knobs
Procorpus of esophagus long and slender, metacorpus thin and elongate, without obvious valvlular apparatus; postcorpus an elngate bulb not overlaspping intestine.
Females monodelphic, prodelphic; anterior lip of vulva extending posteriorly as a flap covering openinmg; spermatheca elongate, filled with sperm.
Males with elongate, posteriorly-directed caudal alae.
Tail narrows markedly after anal or cloacal opening; tail very long, filiform.

Ref: Andrassy (2007); Geraert (2008).

Refer to subfamily diagnosis (Ecphyadophorinae).

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

Key to the Family Tylenchidae

Distribution:

Originally described from The Netherlands, also reported from Belgium and Poland (Geraert, 2008).

Feeding:

Root associates - feeding uncertain, either ectoparasites of root epidermis and root hair cells and/or hyphal feeding (Yeates et al., 1993).

Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Based on presence of males and sperm in spermatheca, assumed to be sexually reproducing.

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2007. Free-living nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda, Errantia), II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 496 pp.

Geraert, E. 2008. The Tylenchidae of the world: identification of the family Tylenchidae (Nematoda). Gent, Academia Press: 540 pp

Siddiqi, M.R. 2000. Tylenchida: parasites of plants and insects, 2nd edition. Wallingford, UK, CAB International

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331