Ektaphelenchoides		Contents		Rev 06/08/2021
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		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

       Tylenchida
       Aphelenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchoididae
           Parasitaphelenchinae

            Ektaphelenchoides Baujard, 1984

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Morphologically very similar to the genus Seinura but distinguished in lacking a rectum and anus (Baujard, 1984; Kanzaki, 2014).

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Distribution:

Often associated with decaying tree bark and insect galleriea in and under tree bark.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Endoparasitic predators of insects although E. spondylis was observed to feed on nematodes (Pseudodiplogasteroides sp.).

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Hosts:

Species have been recovered from xylem of pine trees, banana corms and rhzosphere of some plants.  However, most species are recovered from tree bark with insect galleries.  Some have beern found attached to insect larvae and others from the body cavities of adult insects (Aliramaji et al., 2015).

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Aliramaji, F., Pourjam, E., Karegar, A., Arighi, M.R., Pedram, M. 2015.Description of Ektaphelenchoides caspiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Ektaphelenchinae) from Iran. Nematology 1`7:169-177.

Baujard, P. 1984. Remarques sur la sous-familie Ektaphelenchinae Paramonov, 1964 et proposition d'Ektapelenchoides n. gem. (Nematodea: Aphelenchoididae). Revue de Nematologie 7:147-171.

Kanzaki, N. 2014. Ektaphelenchoides spondylis is a predatory nematode. Nematology 16:245-247.

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Revised: June 08, 2021.