Huffmanela
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Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Trichocephalida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Trichosomoididae
Genus: Huffmanela
Species (17):
H. balista –
H. banningi –
H. branchialis –
H. canadensis –
H. carcharini –
H. filamentosa –
H. hamo –
H. huffmani –
H. japonica –
H. lata –
H. longa –
H. mexicana –
H. moraveci –
H. ossicola –
H. paronai –
H. plectropomi –
H. schouteni –
H. shikokuensis
Name
edit- Huffmanela Moravec, 1987
- Type-species: Huffmanela carcharini (McCallum, 1925) Moravec, 1987
Hosts
editSpecies of Huffmanela are parasitic in freshwater or sea fish.
Remarks
editMany species of Huffmanela were described from eggs only because the adults were not found.
References
editOriginal description
- Moravec, F. 1987: Revision of Capillariid Nematodes (Subfamily Capillariinae) parasitic in fishes. Studie ČSAV No. 3, Academia, Praha, 141 pp.
Other References
- Moravec, F. 2001: Trichinelloid Nematodes parasitic in cold-blooded vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 432 pp. (ISBN 8020008055)
- Justine, J.-L. 2007: Huffmanela spp. (Nematoda, Trichosomoididae) parasites in coral reef fishes off New Caledonia, with descriptions of H. balista n. sp. and H. longa n. sp. Zootaxa, 1628, 23-41. Abstract ZooBank