Body somewhat fusiform, tapering toward narrow head and elongate tail. Annules 90-100 retrorse. Lip region expanded, set off by a narrow annule. Spear averaging 100u long. Corpus of esophagus convoluted about spear base until details are obscure. A small cardia present. Excretory pore and hemizonid not seen. Reproductive systems of all specimens immature but spermathecae were all packed with sperms. Vulva with elevated labia, usually 12 annules from terminus. Immature forms bore about 20 lines of flat spines on their annules.
Specimens indexed under Criconemoides 1.
Habitat: Numerous specimens from soil about roots of shrubs and trees near Parker and Brookings, South Dakota, and Wauneta, Nebraska.