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Beet eelworm

Heterodera schachtii A. Schmidt, 1871

Status not recordedworms

The beet eelworm (Heterodera schachtii) is a species in the order Rhabditida.

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Quick facts about the beet eelworm

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the beet eelworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the beet eelworm as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Estonia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the beet eelworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the beet eelworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumNematoda
  3. classChromadorea
  4. orderRhabditida
  5. genusHeterodera
  6. SpeciesHeterodera schachtii A. Schmidt, 1871

Synonyms Heterodera schachtii minor, Tylenchus schachtii

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Beet cyst nematodeEnglish
  • Sugar beet nematodeEnglish
  • Sugar-beet eelwormEnglish
  • háďátko řepnéCzech
  • RoecystenematodDanish
  • RübenälchenGerman
  • juurikasankeroinenFinnish
  • répa-fonálféregHungarian
  • 사탕무우씨스트선충Korean
  • Wit bietencysteaaltjeDutch
  • mątwik burakowyPolish
  • háďatko repnéSlovak
  • betcystnematodSwedish
  • Şekerpancarı Kist NematoduTurkish
  • RübenzystenälchenGerman
  • RübenzystennematodeGerman
  • Wit bietencystenaaltjeDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the beet eelworm

Other species in the same genus Heterodera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the beet eelworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the beet eelworm as introduced in 1 country: Estonia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Beet eelworm (Heterodera schachtii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/beet-eelworm

MLA

“Beet eelworm (Heterodera schachtii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/beet-eelworm.

BibTeX
@misc{beet_eelworm_2026,
  title = {Beet eelworm (Heterodera schachtii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beet-eelworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}