Rev 03/17/2020
Chromadorea Tylenchida Aphelenchina Aphelenchoidea Aphelenchoididae
Seinura Fuchs, 1931
Female:
Male:
Ref: Nickle, 1970
Drawing by Hechler, 1963
Seinura demani has been shown to feed and reproduce as a predator on other nematodes (Wood, 1973).
Feed as predators: Use stylet to penetrate prey and withdraw body contents (Bilgrami, 2008).
Predatory on other nematodes.
Bilgrami, A.L. 2008. Biocontrol potentials of predatory nematodes. Chapter 1 in Ciancio, A. and Mukerji, K.G. (eds).Integrated Management and Biocontrol of Vegetable and Grain Crops Nematodes pp3-28.
Fuchs, A.G. 1931. Seinura gen. nov. Zoologischer Anzeiger 94:226-228.
Hechler, H.C. 1963. Description, developmental biology, and feeding habits of Seinura tenuicaudata (De Man) J.B. Goodey, 1960 (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae), a nematode predator. Proc. Helminthological Society of Washington 30: 182-195.
Nickle, W.R. 1970. A Taxonomic Review of the Genera of the Aphelenchoidea (Fuchs, 1937) Thorne, 1949 (Nematoda: Tylenchida) . J. Nematology 2:375-392.
Wood, F.H. 1973. Nematode feeding relationships: Feeding relationships of soil-dwelling nematodes. Soil Riol. Biochem. 5: 593-601.