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  Superfamily Longidoroidea

Family Longidoridae

    Genus Brevinema
    Genus Californidorus
    Genus Filliphinema
    Genus Inagregeius
    Genus Longidorus
    Genus Neolongidorus
    Genus Paralongidorus
    Genus Siddiqia
    Genus Xiphidorus

Taxon Information

The Family Longidoridae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Longidoridae, "Terrestrial, plant-root feeding. Some species are associated with transmission of viruses. Damage by many species, and their associated viruses, cause economically significant losses to crops" (Hodda, 2011).
• Longidoridae, (De Ley et al., 2006).
• Longidoridae, (Smith, 2001).

Bibliography

• Hodda, M. 2011. Phylum Nematoda Cobb 1932. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 63-95. [Available online]
• De Ley, P., W. Decraemer & Eualem-Abebe. 2006. Introduction: Summary of present knowledge and research addressing the ecology and taxonomy of freshwater nematodes. [in] Eualem-Abebe et al. (eds.). Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy: 3-30.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Nematoda (Roundworms). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 191-215.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Synopsis of the Described Nematoda of the World
• WikiSpecies