Aphelenchoidea

Emerging foliar nematode Aphelenchoides fragariae, photographed by Jason D. Stanley.

Belongs within: Tylenchina.

The Aphelenchoidea are a group of nematodes including parasites of plants and insects. They are characterised by the presence of the dorsal gland opening within the median bulb of the oesophagus (Ley & Blaxter 2002).

<==Aphelenchoidea [Aphelenchida, Aphelenchina]
    |  i. s.: Seinura H02
    |           |--S. demani H02
    |           |--S. steineri H02
    |           `--S. tennicaudata TG02
    |         Acugutturus parasiticus MM02
    |--Aphelenchus [Aphelenchidae] LB02
    |    `--A. avenae LB02
    `--Aphelenchoididae [Aphelenchoidoidea] LB02
         |--Bursaphelenchus LB02
         |    |--B. fraudulentus L02b
         |    |--B. mucronatus L02b
         |    `--B. xylophilus L02b
         `--Aphelenchoides LB02
              |--A. bicaudatus G02
              |--A. blastophthorus MM02
              |--A. bylurgi MM02
              |--A. composticola MM02
              |--A. fragariae MM02
              |--A. hamatus L02a
              |--A. parietinus MM02
              |--A. rhyntium L02b
              |--A. ritzemabosi MM02
              `--A. rutgersi B02

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B02] Behm, C. A. 2002. Metabolism. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 261-290. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[G02] Gibbons, L. M. 2002. General organisation. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 31-59. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[H02] Hope, I. A. 2002. Embryology, developmental biology and the genome. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 121-145. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[L02a] Lee, D. L. 2002a. Cuticle, moulting and exsheathment. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 171-209. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[L02b] Lee, D. L. 2002b. Behaviour. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 369-387. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[LB02] Ley, P. de, & M. Blaxter. 2002. Systematic position and phylogeny. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 1-30. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[MM02] Munn, E. A., & P. D. Munn. 2002. Feeding and digestion. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 211-232. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[TG02] Thompson, D. P., & T. G. Geary. 2002. Excretion/secretion, ionic and osmotic regulation. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 291-320. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).