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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Ataloderinae

           Camelodera  Krall, Shagolina & Ivanova, 1988

Type species of the genus: Camelodera eremophila Krall, Shagolina & Ivanova, 1988

    Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Cystoid nematodes in which the body wall of the female does not harden into a cyst.

 Female:

• No cyst stage. 
• Body long ovoid to globose with prominent neck and terminal cone. 
• Excretory pore posterior to median bulb.
• Cuticle thin and asmooth, pearly white; becomers brown after deth of female but remains soft.
• Vulva terminal, on con; no fenestration; vulval slit long with rounded lips.
• No phasmids. 
• No remnant of tail. 
• Eggs depsited in egg sac.

 Male:

• Body twisted. 
• With tail

Juveniles:

• Mean length < 400um which is shoreter than all other Ataloderinae juveniles.

      [Ref: Andrassy, 2007)

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Distribution:

Type species reported from Kara Kum desert of the Turkmenian SSR from roots of  Calligonum arborescens (buckwheat family, (Polygonaceae).

Type locality is the Yeradzhi desert reserve 70 km north of the Repetek Desert Station in Tshardzou district, Eastern Turkmenia, USSR.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Feeding site in root a nurse cell system: a single, giant cell with a single, giant nucleus.

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2007.  Free-living Nematodes of Hungary II,  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

Krall, E.L., Shagolina, L. and  Ivanova, T. 1988. A new desert-inhabiting genus and species of nematodes Camelodera eremophila gen. n. sp. (nematoda, Heteroderidae, Ataloderinae).  Bioloogia zvestija akademii nauk estonskoj SSR 371:27-36.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 12, 2023.