Family Sphaeronematidae

                                 Revised 01/27/26

Classification:

Phylum Nematoda

  Class Chromadorea

    Subclass Chromadoria

Order Rhabditida

             Suborder Tylenchina
          Superfamily Tylenchuloidea
         

Family Tylenchulidae or Sphaeronematinae Raski & Sher, 1952
   

Synonyms:
     

Actually, Raski and Sher (1952) described Sphaeronema californicum and assigneed it to the subfamily Sphaeronematine.  It is not immediately clear how and when the subfamily was elevated to family level.


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References

Ghaderi, R., Geraert, E., Karegar, A. 2016. TheTylenchulidae of the World. Academia Press, Ghent, Belgium

Raski, D.J. and Luc, M. 1987. A reapraisal of Tylenchina (Nemata) 10. The superfamily Criconematidea Taylor, 1936., Rev. Nematol. 10: 409-444..

Raski, D.J. & Sher, S.A. (1952). Sphaeronema californicum, nov. gen., nov. spec., (Criconematidae: sphaeronematinae, nov. subfam.) an endoparasite of the roots of certain plants. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 19, 77-80.

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