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Relatively large members of the Tylenchidae that are didelphic and amphidelphic.
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Female:
Refer to subfamily diagnosis (Boleodorinae).
Males:
Commonly occurring in most soils. Feed on algae, mosses, lichens and plant roots. As an example: Soil nematodes were studied in three spruce forests in the Czech Republic from 1988 to 1991. A total of 74 species occurred, most belonged to the orders Tylenchida, Rhabditida and Dorylaimida. The most abundant nematodes were the mycophytophagous species of the family Tylenchidae followed by bacteriophages, especially by those in the order Rhabditida.
Probably fairly small. Most reports are about occurrence and abundance rather than documenting any effects on growth.
Ectoparasites of plant roots, root hairs, algae, etc.
Relatively slight, small stylets penetrating only thin cell walls.
Hanel, Ladislav. 1996. Comparison of soil nematode communities in three spruce forests Boubin Mount, Czech Republic. Biologia (Bratislava) 51.
Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R.G.M. de Goede, D.W.Freckman and S.S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families - an outline for ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.