Phasmarhabditis californica

Phasmarhabditis californica	Contents	Rev 04/04/2023
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Rhabditoidea

Rhabditidae

Phasmarhabditis californica De Ley, Holovachov, McDonnell, Bert, Paine & De Ley, 2016.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Male:

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

Distribution:

Phasmarhabditis californica is the species of the genus most commonly found associated with gastropod molluscs in California (I.T. De Ley).. It has also been reported parasitzing invasive European slugs (Arion rufus) in Alberta, Canada (Brophy et al., 2020).

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Feeding:

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Biology and Ecology:

Most of the biology of species of this genus is inferred from studies on P. hermaphrodita

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Potential biological control agents for pest slugs.

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Management:

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References:

Brophy, T., Howe, D.K., Denuer, D.R., Luong, L.T. 2020. First report of a gastropod parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis californica (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) in Alberta, Canada. J. Nematology 52: | DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2020-092

De Ley, I.T., O. Holovachov, R.J. McDonnell, W. Bert, T.D. Paine and P. De Ley. 2016. Description of Phasmarhabditis californica n. sp. and first report of P. papillosa (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) from invasive slugs in the USA. Nematology 18:175-193.

Wilson, M.J. and Grewal, P.S. 2005. Biology, production, and formulation of slug-parasitic nematodes . In: Grewal PS, Ehlers R-U, Shapiro-Ilan DI, editors. Nematodes as Biological Control Agents. CAB International, Wallingford, UK; 2005. p. 421-429.