| Note: common names
vary and are used differently in different parts of the world. In some cases they apply to a genus or even several genera. The list below provides some alternatives. |
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| Common Name | Genus or Genus and species |
| awl nematode | Dolichodorus |
| bentgrass nematode | Anguina agrostis |
| bulb and stem nematode | Ditylenchus dipsaci |
| cactus cyst nematode | Cactodera |
| cereal cyst nematode | Heterodera avenae |
| citrus nematode | Tylenchulus semipenetrans |
| Columbia root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne chitwoodi |
| cotton root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne incognita |
| cyst nematode | Cactodera |
| cyst nematode | Globodera |
| cyst nematode | Heterodera |
| cyst nematode | Punctodera |
| dagger nematode | Xiphinema |
| false root-knot nematode | Nacobbus |
| foliar nematode | Aphelenchoides |
| golden nematode | Globodera rostochiensis |
| grass seed nematode | Anguina agrostis |
| lance nematode | Hoplolaimus |
| leaf gall nematode | Anguina |
| leaf gall nematode | Anguina balsamophila |
| lesion nematode | Pratylenchus |
| needle nematode | Longidorus |
| northern root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne hapla |
| pea cyst nematode | Heterodera goettingiana |
| peanut root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne arenaria |
| pin nematode | Paratylenchus |
| pine wilt nematode | Bursaphelenchus xylophilus |
| pinewood nematode | Bursaphelenchus mucronatus |
| pinewood nematode | Bursaphelenchus xylophilus |
| potato rot nematode | Ditylenchus destructor |
| red ring nematode | Bursaphelenchus cocophilus |
| reniform nematode | Rotylenchulus reniformis |
| rice root nematode | Hirschmanniella |
| rice root nematode | Hirschmanniella oryzae |
| ring nematode | Criconematidae |
| ring nematode | Criconemoides |
| root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne |
| round cyst nematode | Globodera |
| seed gall nematode | Anguina tritici |
| sessile nematode | Cacopaurus |
| sheath nematode | Hemicyliophora |
| sheathoid nematode | Hemicriconemoides |
| southern root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne incognita |
| soybean cyst nematode | Heterodera glycines |
| spine nematode | Criconema |
| spiral nematode | Helicotylenchus |
| spiral nematode | Rotylenchus |
| spiral nematode | Scutellonema |
| stem and bulb nematode | Ditylenchus dipsaci |
| sting nematode | Belonolaimus |
| strawberry spring dwarf nematode | Aphelenchoides fragariae |
| strawberry summer dwarf nematode | Aphelenchoides besseyi |
| stubby-root nematode | Allotrichodorus |
| stubby-root nematode | Monotrichodorus |
| stubby-root nematode | Paratrichodorus |
| stubby-root nematode | Trichodorus |
| stunt nematode | Merlinius |
| stunt nematode | Quinisulcius |
| stunt nematode | Tylenchorhynchus |
| sugar beet cyst nematode | Heterodera schachtii |
| sugar beet false root-knot nematode | Nacobbus aberrans |
| walnut lesion nematode | Pratylenchus vulnus |
| wheat nematode | Anguina tritici |
| white cyst nematode | Globodera palida |