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Philometra lethrini

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Philometra lethrini
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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. ^ a b 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, et al. "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 (2010): 399-402.
  • Moravec, František, and Jean-Lou Justine. "Two new gonad-infecting Philometra species (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the marine fish Lutjanus vitta (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) off New Caledonia." Folia Parasitologica 58.4 (2011): 302.