Longidorella		Contents		Rev 06/16/2023
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Enoplea

Dorylaimia
          Dorylaimida

Nordiidae

Nordiinae

       

      Longidorella Thorne, 1939

Several genera of the Nordiidae are considered subgenera of Longidorella by some authorities.(e.g. Siddiqi, 2007).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

	Short, robust nematodes < 1mm long.  Long needle-like odontostyle and odontophore rod-like. Long esophagus (about 1/3 of body length), widening abruptly in posterior region. Females usually diovarial, amphidelphic. Males rare with 2 to 9 ventromedisan supplements. (Jairajpuri and Ahmad, 1992; Andrássy, 2009)
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Considered to be a plant-feeding nematode that, based on molecular evidence, evolved from an omnivorous ancestor (Holterman et al., 2008; Yeates et al., 1993).

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009.  Free-living nematodes of Hungary, III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum. 608p.

Holterman et al. 2008. A ribosomal DNA-based framework for the detection and quantification of stress-sensitive nematode families in terrestrial habitats. Molecular Ecology Resources 8:23-34.

Jairajpuri, M.S. and Ahmad, W. 1992, Dorylaimida.  Free-living, Predaceous and Plant-parasitic Nematodes.  E.J. Brill, Leiden 458p.

Siddiqi, M. R. 2007. Studies on the genus Longidorella Thome Nematoda: Dorylaimida) with descriptions of fifteen new species. International Journal of Nematology 17:63-90.

Thorne, G. 1939. A monograph of the nematodes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Capita Zool. 8: 1-263.

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.

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