| African cotton root-knot nematode | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Subclass: | Diplogasteria |
| Order: | Tylenchida |
| Superfamily: | Tylenchoidea |
| Family: | Heteroderidae |
| Subfamily: | Meloidogyninae |
| Genus: | Meloidogyne |
| Species: | M. acronea |
| Binomial name | |
| Meloidogyne acronea Coetzee, (1956) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hypsoperine acronea |
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Meloidogyne acronea (African cotton root-knot nematode, African cotton root nematode) is a plant pathogenic nematode, and also an invasive species.