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Specimen #12512

Specimen record details
Entry Number 12512
Nematode Genus Meloidogyne
Nematode Species n. sp.
Host Genus Stenotaphrum
Host Species secundatum
Common Name St. Augustine Grass
Country USA
State Florida
City/Locale Ft. Walton, area that borders on the bay
Collector via Patrick G. Mawhinney (Auburn University)
Date Received 1979 Nov 13
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Mass)
Nematodes In Root/Soil
Sample Number Samples A + E
Total Samples 2 of 6
Slide Number M-543, M-544 (from roots - females)
Vial Number M-915f (hatched larvae), G-2884f
Remarks Female with highly distinctive pattern, stylet short (about 12 um). Larval length = 430 um, larval tail = 60 um, tail terminus = 6 um, heavy lateral field. More M. n.sp. larvae in General Coll. from these same samples but containing other species. Greenhouse culture C-79-17.