Phasmarhabditis

Phasmarhabditis is a genus of bacterial-feeding nematodes which are facultative parasites that primary host are terrestrial gastropods (slugs and snails).[1] The name comes from Greek: Phasma- (φάσμα (monster); rhabditis = rod-like (ῥάβδος (rhabdos). The Phasmarhabditis genus contains Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita,[1] Phasmarhabditis neopapillosa [2] & Phasmarhabditis californica.[3]

Phasmarhabditis californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Rhabditidae
Genus:	Phasmarhabditis

References

1. Genena, M. A., Mostafa, F. A., Fouly, A. H., & Yousef, A. A. (2011). First record for the slug parasitic nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider) in Egypt. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 44(4), 340-345.
2. Hooper, D. J., Wilson, M. J., Rowe, J. A., & Glen, D. M. (1999). Some observations on the morphology and protein profiles of the slug-parasitic nematodes Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita and P. neopapillosa (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). Nematology, 1(2), 173-182.
3. De Ley, I. T., Holovachov, O., Mc Donnell, R. J., Bert, W., Paine, T. D., & De Ley, P. (2016). Description of Phasmarhabditis californica n. sp. and first report of P. papillosa (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) from invasive slugs in the USA. Nematology, 18(2), 175-193.