Huffmanela filamentosa
Huffmanela filamentosa | |
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Egg of Huffmanela filamentosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Enoplea |
Order: | Trichocephalida |
Family: | Trichosomoididae |
Genus: | Huffmanela |
Species: | H. filamentosa
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Binomial name | |
Huffmanela filamentosa Justine, 2004
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Huffmanela filamentosa is a parasitic nematode[1] It has been observed on the gills of the lethrinid fish and off New Caledonia. Its eggs are released from the gill mucosa with the turnover of living tissues and immediately continue their life-cycle.
Description[]
The adults are unknown, only the eggs were described. The eggs are 48–53 micrometers in length and 25–30 micrometers in width, with thin shells. Each egg bears a few long (150 micrometers), thin filaments.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Justine, Jean-Lou (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. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 15318018.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Enoplea
- Parasitic nematodes of fish
- Nematodes described in 2004
- Parasitic animal stubs
- Enoplea stubs