Phasmarhabditis

Phasmarhabditis californica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Rhabditidae
Genus: Phasmarhabditis

Phasmarhabditis (Greek: Phasma = (φάσμα (phantom); rhabditis = (ῥάβδος (rod-like)) is a genus of bacterial-feeding nematodes which are facultative parasites whose primary hosts are terrestrial gastropods (slugs and snails).[1] The name comes from Greek: Phasma- (φάσμα (phantom); rhabditis = rod-like (ῥάβδος (rhabdos). The genus is made up of 18 species (as of 2023)[2] including P. hermaphrodita,[1] P. californica,[3][4] P. neopapillosa,[5] P. papillosa,[3] P. apuliae,[4] P. bohemica,[6] P. bonaquaense,[7] P. huizhouensis,[8] P. nidrosiensis,[8] P. valida [8] and P. tawfiki.[9]

  1. ^ a b Genena, M. A., Mostafa, F. A., Fouly, A. H., & Yousef, A. A. (2011). First record for the slug parasitic nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider) in Egypt. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 44(4), 340-345.
  2. ^ Rae, R. (March 2023). "Avoidance and attraction behaviour of slugs exposed to parasitic nematodes". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 197: 107896. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2023.107896. PMID 36758665. S2CID 256679186.
  3. ^ a b De Ley, I. T., Holovachov, O., Mc Donnell, R. J., Bert, W., Paine, T. D., & De Ley, P. (2016). Description of Phasmarhabditis californica n. sp. and first report of P. papillosa (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) from invasive slugs in the USA. Nematology, 18(2), 175-193.
  4. ^ a b Nermuť, J., Půža, V., & Mráček, Z. (2016). Phasmarhabditis apuliae n. sp.(Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a new rhabditid nematode from milacid slugs.
  5. ^ Hooper, D. J., Wilson, M. J., Rowe, J. A., & Glen, D. M. (1999). Some observations on the morphology and protein profiles of the slug-parasitic nematodes Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita and P. neopapillosa (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). Nematology, 1(2), 173-182.
  6. ^ Nermuť, J., Půža, V., Mekete, T., & Mráček, Z. (2016). Phasmarhabditis bohemica n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a slug-parasitic nematode from the Czech Republic.
  7. ^ Nermuť, J., Půža, V., Mekete, T., & Mráček, Z. (2016). Phasmarhabditis bonaquaense n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a new slug-parasitic nematode from the Czech Republic. Zootaxa, 4179(3), 530-531.
  8. ^ a b c Huang, R. E., Ye, W., Ren, X., & Zhao, Z. (2015). Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Phasmarhabditis huizhouensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a new rhabditid nematode from South China. PLoS ONE, 10(12).
  9. ^ Azzam, K. M. (2003). Description of the nematode Phasmarhabditis tawfiki n. sp. isolated from Egyptian terrestrial snails and slugs. JOURNAL-EGYPTIAN GERMAN SOCIETY OF ZOOLOGY, 42(D), 79-88.