{{Short description|Family of roundworms}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Steinernematidae | authority = Filipjev, 1934 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''[[Steinernema]]''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Steinernema |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/34507 |language=en}}</ref> }}
The '''Steinernematidae''' are a family of [[nematode]]s in the order [[Rhabditida]].
Nematodes of the genus ''[[Steinernema]]'' are obligate insect parasites that inhabit soil. ''Xenorhabdus'' bacteria occupy nematode insecticide and synergistically kill, digest, and consume insect hosts.<ref>Stock, S. P., & Blair, H. G. (2008). Entomopathogenic nematodes and their bacterial symbionts: The inside out of a mutualistic association. Symbiosis, 46(2), 65–75. Retrieved from https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44349099292&partnerID=tZOtx3y1</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://entnem.ifas.ufl.edu/nguyen/morph/steinsp1.htm | title=Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Species of Steinernema }}</ref>
Together with ''[[Heterorhabditis]]'', ''[[Caenorhabditis]]'', ''[[Rhabditis]]'', ''[[Pelodera]]'', ''[[Strongyloides]]'', ''[[Bursilla]]'', ''[[Cruznema]]'', and ''[[Panagrellus]]'', ''Sterinernema'' belongs to the order Rhabditida.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tolweb.org/Nematoda/2472/2002.01.01 |title=Nematoda |website=tolweb.org |access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
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[[Category:Rhabditida]] [[Category:Nematode families]]