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Nematodes of the genera Trichodorus and Paratrichodorus range from 0.5 to 1.5 mm long. They are relatively plump and the females have a very short usually blunt tail so that they often look cigarshaped especially when moribund. See Figs.1-4 for basic structures.
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Hooper, D.J. (1975). Morphology of Trichodorid Nematodes. In: Lamberti, F., Taylor, C.E., Seinhorst, J.W. (eds) Nematode Vectors of Plant Viruses. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0841-6_6
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