Biology:Rhabdochona papuanensis

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Short description: Species of roundworm

Rhabdochona papuanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Chromadorea
Order:
Ascaridida
Family:
Rhabdochonidae
Genus:
Rhabdochona
Species:
R. papuanensis
Binomial name
Rhabdochona papuanensis
Moravec et al. 2008

Rhabdochona papuanensis is a species of nematode parasite.[1] It parasitises freshwater fishes from Papua New Guinea, particularly Glossamia gjellerupi and Melanotaenia affinis.

Description

Rhabdochona papuanensis differs from its congeners in having hammer-shaped deirids.

This type of parasite is more host specific than other parasites. It is the first species, in its family, to be known of parasitizing Atheriniformes fish.[1] In research from Moravec et al. (2008) Rhabdochona papuanensis is one of the first species of its kind to be recorded in the Australian zoogeographical region.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Two new nematode species, Paragendria papuanensis sp. n. (Seuratoidea) and Rhabdochona papuanensis sp. n. (Thelazioidea), from freshwater fishes in Papua New Guinea". Folia Parasitologica 55 (2): 127–35. June 2008. doi:10.14411/fp.2008.017. PMID 18666416. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16979816 entry




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