Anguillonema		Contents		Rev: 05/20/2024
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Tylenchida
       Tylenchina/Hexatylina

Sphaerularioidea

        Neotylenchidae

Gymnotylenchinae

          Anguillonema Fuchs, 1938

Type species: Anguillonema poligraphi Fuchs, 1938

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Within the Neotylenchidae, the genusa Anguillonema is characterized by:

• flattened cephalic region
• small, thin stylet with basal knobs,
• excretory pore anterior to the nerve ring,
• cylindroid pharynx with muscular corpus but no metacorpus
• pharyngo-intestinal junction anterior to the nerve ring
• conoid tail which may or may not be dorsally curved at tip.,

Ref: Siddiqi, 2000; Yaghoubi et al., 2019

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Yaghoubi et al (2019) suggest that since the nematodes have been recovered from bark samples and have a delicate stylet, members of the genus Anguillonema amay be fungus feeders; however, culturing experiments have not been conducted.

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Mobasseri, M., Pedram, M., Pourjam, E. 2017.A New Species of the Rare Genus Anguillonema Fuchs, 1938 (Nematoda: Hexatylina, Sphaerularioidea) with Its Molecular Phylogenetic Study. J. Nematology 49:286-294.

Siddiqi, M. R. 2000. Tylenchida: Parasites of plants and insects, 2nd ed. Wallingford: CABI Publishing.

Yaghoubi, A., Pourjam, E., Pedram, M. 2019. Description of a new species of the genus Anguillonema Fuchs, 1938 (Nematoda: Sphaerularioidea) with an identification key to the species. J. Helminthology 93: 504-512

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 20, 2024.