Claim · model-written summary
The S. bradys population from Bermuda grass has a prominent spermatheca filled with flagellate spermatozoa.
- Taxon
- Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylone5 - Interactor
- S. bradysScutellonema bradyse5pest
- Outcome
- prominent spermathecae6
- Qualifier
- filled with flagellate spermatozoae6
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e5“The morphology of the S. bradys population from Bermuda grass in pasture land from central Florida fits that of type specimens of this species, but differs in having a truncate tail terminus rather than round”
e6“also a prominent spermatheca filled with flagellate spermatozoa”
Title
Esther Van den Berg; Louwrens R. Tiedt; Jason D. Stanley; et al. Nematology 2016. doi:10.1163/15685411-00003037
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- Observation The new species S. clavicaudatum sp. n. was found on sugarcane in South Africa.
- Observation S. cavenessi is a first report in Florida, where it parasitises Sansevieria trifasciata.
- Observation Florida samples from Bermuda grass pasture confirmed morphologically and genetically atypical populations of S. bradys.
- Observation The S. bradys population from Bermuda grass has a truncate tail terminus rather than a round one.
- Observation Other Florida Scutellonema samples belonged to S. cavenessi, a species native to West Africa.
- Observation Intraspecific variation in the D2-D3 region of 28S rRNA can reach 5.6% in Scutellonema.
- Observation Intraspecific variation in the ITS rRNA genes can reach 12.9% in Scutellonema.
- Observation Intraspecific variation in the COI gene can reach 14.4% in Scutellonema.
- Observation S. clavicaudatum sp. n. is characterised by a lack of lip annuli.
- Observation The lip region of S. clavicaudatum sp. n. is marked by six large rectangular blocks.