Ekphymatodera thomasoni

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           Ekphymatodera thomasoni Baldwin, Bernard & Mundo-Ocampo, 1989
    Synonyms:
      None.

Females: No cyst stage.

Saccate females have a perineal pattern typical for the family with an unusually large vulva to anus distance (73-140 µm.

Female cuticle with rough texture of minute tubercles and irregular longitudinal striae.

Males:

Length 1mm with slightly twisted body. Short tail, bifid spicules.

Second-stage Juveniles:

Long attenuated hyaline tail terminus. Head slightly offset. Esophageal glands in a large lobe nearly filling body diameter.

Baldwin, Bernard & Mundo (1989)

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

Merced River, Yosemite Valley, California. Crescent City, Del Norte County, California.

Induces a syncytium.

Juncus effusus L. var. pacificus

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Baldwin, J.G., Bernard, E.C. & Mundo-Ocampo, M. 1989. J. Nematology 21:48-68.