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Bulb nematode

Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn, 1857) Filipjev, 1936

Status not recordedworms

The bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) is a species in the family Anguinidae, order Rhabditida.

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Quick facts about the bulb nematode

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 bulb nematode live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bulb nematode as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. China
  2. South Africa
  3. United States

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 bulb nematode 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 bulb nematode classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumNematoda
  3. classChromadorea
  4. orderRhabditida
  5. familyAnguinidae
  6. genusDitylenchus
  7. SpeciesDitylenchus dipsaci (Kühn, 1857) Filipjev, 1936

Synonyms Anguillula dipsaci, Ditylenchus dipsaci

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Lucerne stem nematodeEnglish
  • Potato tuber eelwormEnglish
  • Stem and bulb nematodeEnglish
  • Stem nematodeEnglish
  • Stemand-bulb eelwormEnglish
  • StængelnematodDanish
  • KleeälchenGerman
  • StengelaaltjeDutch
  • stjälknematodSwedish
  • LuzerneälchenGerman
  • RoggenälchenGerman
  • RübenkopfälchenGerman
  • StängelälchenGerman
  • StängelnematodeGerman
  • StengelälchenGerman
  • StengelnematodeGerman
  • StockälchenGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bulb nematode

Other species in the same genus Ditylenchus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bulb nematode an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bulb nematode as introduced in 3 countries: China, South Africa and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bulb nematode?

The bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) belongs to the family Anguinidae in the order Rhabditida.

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). Bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bulb-nematode

MLA

“Bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bulb-nematode.

BibTeX
@misc{bulb_nematode_2026,
  title = {Bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bulb-nematode},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}