Phasmarhabditis clausiliiae

Phasmarhabditis clausiliiae	Contents	Rev 07/08/2025
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Rhabditoidea

Rhabditidae

Phasmarhabditis clausiliiae Ivanova, Geraskina & Spiridonov. 2020.

Synonym:

Pellioditis clausiliae

Phasmarhabditis clausiliiae has similar morphological characrteristics as P. circassica. It differs from that speciies mainly in that it has a longer female tail and a wider body relative to its length (smaller c ratio). Molecular analysis indicates significant diffrence between the two species based on both LSU rDNA ands ITS rDNA (Ivanova et al., 2020).

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Distribution:

Phasmarhabditis clausiliiae is described from infected gastropod snails of the family Clausiliidae in the Stavropol district of the Russian Federation (Ivanova 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. other than that the species appears to be sexually reproducing with males common (Hooper et al (1999)

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Based on studies with P. hermaphrodita, dauer larvae are considered the infective stage.

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References:

Ivanova, E.S., A.P. Geraskina and S. E. Spiridonov. 2020. Two new species of Phasmarhabditis AndrÃƒÂ¡ssy, 1976 (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) associated with land snails in Northwest Caucasus, Russian Federation: description and molecular affiliation. Nematology 22:179-197.