Tylenchida
Encyclopedia
Tylenchida is an order
of nematode
s.
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of nematode
Nematode
The nematodes or roundworms are the most diverse phylum of pseudocoelomates, and one of the most diverse of all animals. Nematode species are very difficult to distinguish; over 28,000 have been described, of which over 16,000 are parasitic. It has been estimated that the total number of nematode...
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List of families
- Superfamily Criconematoidea
- Criconematidae
- Tylenchulidae
- Superfamily TylenchoideaTylenchoideaTylenchoidea is a superfamily of roundworms. Its members are either plant parasites or detritivores....
- Anguinidae
- Belonolaimidae
- Dolichodoridae
- Ecphyadophoridae
- HoplolaimidaeHoplolaimidaeHoplolaimidae is a family of plant pathogenic nematodes. It has two subfamilies, Hoplolaiminae and Rotylenchulinae. Typically hoplolaimids are ecto- or semi endoparasites of higher plants.-Type subfamily :Hoplolaiminae Filip'ev, 1934....
- HeteroderidaeHeteroderidaeHeteroderidae is a family of nematodes....
- PratylenchidaePratylenchidaePratylenchidae is a family of plant pathogenic nematodes....
- Tylenchidae
- Superfamily Sphaerularina
- Allantonematidae
- Fergusobiidae
- Iotonchiidae
- Parasitylenchidae
- Sphaerulariidae
Further reading
- Mohammad Rafiq Siddiqui. Tylenchida: Parasites of Plants and Insects. 2nd ed. Wallingford: CABI Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0851992021
External links
- Order Tylenchidae, Nematode Identification at the University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department