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Bonsak Hammeraas, NIBIO - The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5405971

slug-parasitic nematode (Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita Schneider, 1859) Schneider, 1859

Photographer:
Bonsak Hammeraas
Organization:
NIBIO - The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Descriptor:
Biological Control
Description:
The rhabditid nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita is a bacterial feeding slug-parasitic nematode. The photo shows reproducing nematodes after killing young Iberian slug Arion lusitanicus.
Image type:
Field
Host:
Spanish slug (Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868)

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Image location:
, Akershus County

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromodorea
Order: Rhabditida
Infraorder: Rhabditomorpha
Superfamily: Rhabditoidea
Family: Rhabditidae
Genus: Phasmarhabditis
Subject: Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita Schneider, 1859

Host

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Arionidae
Genus: Arion
Subject: Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Image last updated:
Monday, March 15, 2010