Pratylenchidae is a family of
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
s or roundworms. It contains the subfamily Pratylenchinae, as well as the subfamilies
Hirschmanniellinae,
Radopholinae, and
Nacobbinae. Pratylenchinae are plant
parasites
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of lif ...
.
Keys to Species of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes. November 10, 2007.
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Sources
Tylenchida
Protostome subfamilies
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