Phasmarhabditis (Greek: Phasma = (φάσμα (phantom); rhabditis = (ῥάβδος (rod-like)) is a genus of bacterial-feeding nematodes which are facultative parasites whose primary hosts are terrestrial gastropods (slugs and snails).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. The name comes from Greek: Phasma- (φάσμα (phantom); rhabditis = rod-like (ῥάβδος (rhabdos). The genus is made up of 18 species (as of 2023) including P. hermaphrodita, P. californica,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. P. neopapillosa,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. P. papillosa, P. apuliae,Nermuť, J., Půža, V., & Mráček, Z. (2016). Phasmarhabditis apuliae n. sp.(Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a new rhabditid nematode from milacid slugs. P. bohemica,Nermuť, J., Půža, V., Mekete, T., & Mráček, Z. (2016). Phasmarhabditis bohemica n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a slug-parasitic nematode from the Czech Republic. P. bonaquaense,Nermuť, J., Půža, V., Mekete, T., & Mráček, Z. (2016). Phasmarhabditis bonaquaense n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a new slug-parasitic nematode from the Czech Republic. Zootaxa, 4179(3), 530-531. P. huizhouensis,Huang, R. E., Ye, W., Ren, X., & Zhao, Z. (2015). Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Phasmarhabditis huizhouensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a new rhabditid nematode from South China. PLoS ONE, 10(12). P. nidrosiensis, P. valida and P. tawfiki.Azzam, K. M. (2003). Description of the nematode Phasmarhabditis tawfiki n. sp. isolated from Egyptian terrestrial snails and slugs. JOURNAL-EGYPTIAN GERMAN SOCIETY OF ZOOLOGY, 42(D), 79-88.
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