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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Entry Number: 139

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Aenigmenchus floreanae
Other Nematodes
Tylenchidae & Meloidogyne sp. (y)
Host
(Grasses*) in/on Soil (Humid)
Origin
Ecuador Galapagos Archipelago, Highland of Isla Floreana, (Alt +/- 350m)
Collector
A. Coomans via P. Deley
Date Collected
1988 Feb 21
Date Received
1994 Jun 14
Slides
T-4494p & T-4495p (Paratypes)
Author
Paul De Ley, August Coomans, Etienne Geraert
Reference
Fundamental & Applied Nematology (1994) 17 (4): 339-346.
Remarks
*In secondary forest with Guava, Zanthoxylum, Citrus sp., ferns, & herbs