PLANT NEMATODES THE GROWER SHOULD KNOW -.root - - type of ann - .pex - -. pip Figure 20.-Drawing of a female of the citrus nematode, Tylenchulus semipene- trns Cobb, attached to a root. The elongated head end is shown inserted deep into the root tissue so that the cells of the axial cylinder are reached. p ex, excretory pore; type of ann, annulation of cubicle, only partly drawn; vlv, vulva.