| Steiner's spiral nematode | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Subclass: | Diplogasteria |
| Order: | Tylenchida |
| Superfamily: | Tylenchoidea |
| Family: | Hoplolaimidae |
| Subfamily: | Hoplolaiminae |
| Genus: | Helicotylenchus |
| Species: | H. dihystera |
| Binomial name | |
| Helicotylenchus dihystera (Cobb, 1893) Sher, 1961 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Tylenchus dihystera |
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Helicotylenchus dihystera (Steiner's spiral nematode) is a plant pathogenic nematode. It is known to inhabit sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, peanut, millet, sorghum, forest trees, and banana.[1]