# Steinernematidae

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Family of roundworms

Steinernematidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda Class: Chromadorea Order: Rhabditida Superfamily: Strongyloidoidea Family: Steinernematidae Filipjev, 1934 Genera Steinernema[1]

The **Steinernematidae** are a family of [nematodes](/source/Nematode) in the order [Rhabditida](/source/Rhabditida).

Nematodes of the genus *[Steinernema](/source/Steinernema)* are obligate insect parasites that inhabit soil. *Xenorhabdus* bacteria occupy nematode insecticide and synergistically kill, digest, and consume insect hosts.[2][3]

Together with *[Heterorhabditis](/source/Heterorhabditis)*, *[Caenorhabditis](/source/Caenorhabditis)*, *[Rhabditis](/source/Rhabditis)*, *[Pelodera](/source/Pelodera)*, *[Strongyloides](/source/Strongyloides)*, *[Bursilla](/source/Bursilla)*, *[Cruznema](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cruznema&action=edit&redlink=1)*, and *[Panagrellus](/source/Panagrellus)*, *Sterinernema* belongs to the order Rhabditida.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Steinernema"](https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/34507). *www.uniprot.org*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 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](https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44349099292&partnerID=tZOtx3y1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Species of Steinernema"](http://entnem.ifas.ufl.edu/nguyen/morph/steinsp1.htm).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Nematoda"](http://tolweb.org/Nematoda/2472/2002.01.01). *tolweb.org*. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

Taxon identifiers Steinernematidae Wikidata: Q18558530 Wikispecies: Steinernematidae AFD: Steinernematidae BOLD: 28283 CoL: 87CB9 EoL: 2856527 EPPO: 1STEIF Fauna Europaea: 12387 Fauna Europaea (new): 6d840e12-06ed-4fff-8f8a-2c718d79b94e GBIF: 5974 iNaturalist: 546783 IRMNG: 111345 ITIS: 63391 NCBI: 33253 NZOR: b0b59425-6390-4062-90d3-37ec59666e99 Open Tree of Life: 210114 WoRMS: 834825

Authority control databases: National Israel

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