Rev 06/16/2023
Longidorella parva Thorne, 1939
Type species of the genus
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Longidorella sp.
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Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from fields near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Soil inhabitants.
Considered plant-feeding ectoparasites by Yeates et al, 1993 and, based on molecular evidence, to be evolved from an omnivorous ancestor (Holterman et al., 2008).
Ecophysiological Parameters:
University of Nebraska Nematode Website (Developed by Dr. Tom Powers and colleagues)
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Andrássy, 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.
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.