Pratylenchinae

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Pratylenchus penetrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Adenophorea
Subclass: Diplogasteria
Order: Tylenchida
Superfamily: Tylenchoidea

Pratylenchinae is a family of nematodes or roundworms. [1] It contains the subfamiliy Pratylenchinae, as well as the subfamilies Hirschmanniellinae, Radopholinae, and Nacobbinae. [2] Pratylenchinae are plant parasites. [3]

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ UNH HCGS Nematode Database. Online. November 10, 2007.]
  2. ^ The Taxonomicon. Taxon: Family Pratylenchidae. Online. November 10-, 2007.
  3. ^ Keys to Species of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes. November 10, 2007.


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