Biology:Philometra lethrini

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Short description: Species of roundworm


Philometra lethrini
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Order: Camallanida
Family: Philometridae
Genus: Philometra
Species:
P. lethrini
Binomial name
Philometra lethrini
Moravec & Justine, 2008

Philometra lethrini is a species of parasitic nematode of fishes, first found off New Caledonia in the South Pacific, in the gonads of Lethrinus genivittatus.[1] This species is characterized mainly by: length of spicules and length and structure of its gubernaculum, structure of male caudal end, body size, location in host and types of hosts.[1]

Lethrinus genivittatus is the host of Philometra lethrini

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2008). "Some philometrid nematodes (Philometridae), including four new species of Philometra, from marine fishes off New Caledonia". Acta Parasitologica 53 (4). doi:10.2478/s11686-008-0050-7. ISSN 1896-1851. 

Further reading

  • Moravec, František; Gaglio, Gabriella; Giannetto, Salvatore; Marino, Fabio (2010). "Philometra spicarae sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the abdominal cavity of the marine fish (picarel) Spicara smaris (Centracanthidae) off Sicily, Italy". Parasitology Research 107 (2): 399–402. doi:10.1007/s00436-010-1877-z. PMID 20428890. 
  • Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2011). "Two new gonad-infecting Philometra species (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the marine fish Lutjanus vitta (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) off New Caledonia". Folia Parasitologica 58 (4): 302–310. doi:10.14411/fp.2011.030. PMID 22263311. 

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