Biology:Huffmanela ossicola
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Short description: Species of roundworm
| Huffmanela ossicola | |
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| Egg of Huffmanela ossicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Trichocephalida |
| Family: | Trichosomoididae |
| Genus: | Huffmanela |
| Species: | H. ossicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Huffmanela ossicola Justine, 2004
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Huffmanela ossicola is a parasitic nematode.[1] It has been observed in the branchial arch bone and the spinal cord bone (as well as others) of the labrid marine fishes Bodianus loxozonus,[1] Bodianus busellatus[2] and Bodianus perditio[2] caught off New Caledonia. This is the first species of Huffmanela reported from bone tissue.[1] Its eggs are only available for the continuation of the life-cycle after the host's death.
Description
The adults are unknown; only the eggs were described.[1][2] The eggs are large, 72–88 micrometers in length and 32–40 micrometers in width, with a thick shell. Each egg is covered with numerous filaments enclosed in a thin envelope.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Justine, J.-L. (2004). "Three new species of Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) from the gills of marine fish off New Caledonia". Systematic Parasitology 59 (1): 29–37. doi:10.1023/B:SYPA.0000038442.25230.8b. PMID 15318018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Justine, Jean-Lou (2007). "Huffmanela spp. (Nematoda, Trichosomoididae) parasites in coral reef fishes off New Caledonia, with descriptions of H. balista n. sp. and H. longa n. sp.". Zootaxa 1628: 23–41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1628.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. Abstract
Wikidata ☰ Q5929602 entry
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