{{Short description|Family of roundworms}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Longidoridae | authority = Thorne, 1935 | display_parents = 3 }}
'''Longidoridae''' ('''longidorid nematodes''') is a family of polyphagous root ectoparasites in the phylum Nematoda (nematodes) with a worldwide distribution.
==Taxonomy== There are about 720 species divided amongst seven genera in the family, which is further subdivided into subfamilies and tribes.<ref name=Decraemer>{{cite journal| pmc=2586508 | pmid=19259501 | volume=39 | issue=4 | title=The who, what and where of longidoridae and trichodoridae | journal=J Nematol | pages=295–7 | last1 = Decraemer | first1 = W | last2 = Robbins | first2 = RT| year=2007 }}</ref>
=== Subdivision === Subfamilies; *Longidorinae (480 spp.) *Xiphineminae (240 spp.)
Tribes; *Subfamily Longidorinae **Longidorini **Xiphidorini *Subfamily Xiphineminae
=== Genera === *Subfamily Longidorinae **Tribe Longidorini ***''Longidorus'' (144 spp.) {{sfn|Robbins|Brown|1996}} ***''Longidoroides'' (13 spp.) ***''Paralongidorus'' (72 spp.) **Tribe Xiphidorini ***''Australodorus'' (1 sp.) ***''Paraxiphidorus'' (3 spp.) ***''Xiphidorus'' (8 spp.) *Subfamily Xiphineminae ***''Xiphinema'' (some 240 spp.)
== Pathology == With the Trichodoridae, the Longidoridae form the two Enoplea nematode families known to be plant parasites, though from different subclasses, and the only virus vectors (particularly nepoviruses) in phylum Nematoda.<ref name=Decraemer/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == {{Refbegin}} *{{cite journal|journal=J Nematol |date=March 1996 |volume=28|number=1 |pages=83–93 |pmc=2619677|title=Descriptions of Three New Longidorus Species from Alaska (Nematoda: Longidoridae)|author=R. T. Robbins and D. J. F. Brown |ref={{harvid|Robbins|Brown|1996}} |pmid=19277349}} *{{cite book|editor1-last=Lee|editor1-first=Donald L|title=The biology of nematodes|date=2010|publisher=Taylor & Francis|location=London|isbn=978-0415272117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omQLBAAAQBAJ|access-date=16 December 2014}} *{{cite book|last1=Ahmad|first1=Wasim|last2=Jairajpuri|first2=M. Shamim|title=Dorylaimida : free-living, predaceous and plant-parasitic Nematodes|date=1992|publisher=E.J. Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9004092293|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LyfrLYdO3jsC|access-date=19 December 2014}} {{Refend}}
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Category:Longidoridae Category:Nematode families
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