Morphology : Radopholus vangundyi |
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Classification
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Nematoda
Class : Secernentea
Subclass : Diplogasteria
Order : Tylenchida
Family : Pratylenchidae
Genus : Radopholus
Species : vangundyi
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Morphometric characteristics in μm |
Character |
Female |
Male |
Body length |
540 |
520 |
Body length/maximum body width (a) |
27 |
31 |
Body length/oesophageal length (b) |
7 |
7.3 |
Body length/tail length (c) |
14 |
13 |
Distance from head end to vulva/ body length x 100 (V) |
24 |
- |
Body length/distance from head end to posterior end of oesophageal glands (b’) |
3.7 |
4.2 |
Tail length/body width at anus(c’) |
2.7 |
3.1 |
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Occurence |
Eucalyptus sp., Acacia sp. and unknown grass soil in native habitat, bank of the Mt. Williams River (near Dadswells Bridge), Victoria, Australia. |
Morphology and anatomy |
Female |
Male |
Lip region hemispherical, not set off, with three annules. Stylet knobs round. Rodlike sperms incompletely filling spermatheca. Lateral field with four incisures. Intestine indistinctly overlapping rectum into tail. Tail tapering to almost pointed, annulated terminus. |
Lip region oblate, distinctly set off, without annulation. Stylet knobs with sloping anterior surfaces. Median bulb with valve. Caudal alae narrow, not enveloping tail. |
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