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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Tylenchidae

            Ecphyadophorinae

              Sigmolenchus sinuosus Gharahkhani, Pourjam, Abolafia, Catillo & Pedram, 2020

Type species of the genus.

Synonyms:
      

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Morphology and Anatomy:

The species name refers to the sinuous shape of the amphid openings.

Female::

• Slender nematodes with short body, narrowing toward both extremities and posteriorly to filiform tail.
• Cuticle smooth under light microscopy (LM), but finely annulated under SEM, lacking longitudinal lines.
•  Lateral line a simple band with smooth margins.
• Anterior end rounded in LM but four cephalic papillae  and 6 inner labial papillae visible in SEM.
• Amphidial openings are long wavy sinuous slits  originating close to labial plate, extending laterally posteriorly, reaching and passing first body annulus, amphidial fovea spacious.
• Stylet  with three knobs, slightly directed posteriorly, conus comprising ca one-third of total stylet length.
•  Pharynx tylenchoid, metacorpus ovate with small valve, pharyngeal bulb pyriform to saccate.
• Secretory-excretory pore at metacorpus level.
• Intestine simple, rectum and anus functional.
• Reproductive system monodelphic-prodelphic,ovary outstretched, oviduct barely visible, spermatheca rectangular with rounded corners to ovate in shape, crustaformeria quadricolumellate, uterus simple,
• .Vulva with small lateral flaps under SEM and short post-vulval uterine sac (PUS).
•  Tail filiform with pointed tip.

Male:

• Similar to female in general morphology except for sexual characters.
• Bursa simple, spicules small and slender, tylenchoid.

Ref: Gharahkhani et al., 2020

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

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Distribution:

Described from 2m deep in saline sediments in a mangrove (Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh) swamp in southern Iran.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Unknown. Based on stylet length and esophageal configuration, probably an ectoparasite of epidermal cells and root hair cells and/or of hyphae.

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

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Management:

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

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References:

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Revised: July 19, 2021.