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  Superfamily Tylenchoidea

Family Dolichodoridae (+ Dolichorinae)

    Genus Dolichodorus -- North America.
    Genus Brachydorus
    Genus Neodolichodorus

Taxon Information

The Family Dolichodoridae 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

• Dolichodoridae, "Terrestrial, feed mostly externally on plant roots. Some cause economic damage, but some are not regarded as economic pests" (Hodda, 2011).
• Dolichodoridae, (De Ley et al., 2006).
• Dolichorinae, (Chitwood & Allen, 1959).

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.
• Chitwood, B.G. & M.W. Allen. 1959. Nemata. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 368-401.

Web Pages

• Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes
• Synopsis of the Described Nematoda of the World