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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 3165

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Sphaeronema whittoni
Host
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum) in/on Root
Origin
USA Florida Bank of Hatchet Creek, 8 miles east of Gainesville
Collector
E. B. Sledge (originally collected by Mr. Gilbert M. Whitton, in 1956)
Date Collected
1959 Mar 31
Date Received
1962 Mar 30
Slides
T-24t (Allotype male); T-35p, T-36p, T-37p, T-38p, T-39p, T-40p, T-471p, T-3820p & T-3821p (Para)
Vials
T-3t (Holotype female) & T-7p (Paratypes)
Author
E. B. Sledge & J. R. Christie
Reference
Nematologica (1962) 8 (1): 11-14.