Huffmanela filamentosa

Huffmanela filamentosa
Egg of
Huffmanela filamentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Family: Trichosomoididae
Genus: Huffmanela
Species: H. filamentosa
Binomial name
Huffmanela filamentosa
Justine, 2004

Huffmanela filamentosa is a parasitic nematode[1] It has been observed on the gills of the lethrinid fish Gymnocranius oblongus and Gymnocranius grandoculis off New Caledonia. Its eggs are released from the gill mucosa with the turnover of living tissues and immediately continue their life-cycle.

Description

Gymnocranius oblongus, the fish host of Huffmanela filamentosa

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

  1. 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.
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