Huffmanela filamentosa

Egg of Huffmanela filamentosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trichocephalida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Enoplea Subclassis: Dorylaimia Ordo: Trichocephalida

Familia: Trichosomoididae
Genus: Huffmanela
Species: Huffmanela filamentosa

Name

• Huffmanela filamentosa Justine, 2004
• Type-host: Gymnocranius oblongus (Lethrinidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Other host: Gymnocranius grandoculis (Lethrinidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Type-locality: New Caledonia
• Habitat: Mucosa of gills

References

Original description

• Justine, J.-L. 2004: Three new species of Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 (Nematoda, Trichosomoididae) from the gills of marine fish off New Caledonia. Systematic Parasitology, 59, 29–37 Abstract

Other References

• Justine, J.-L., Beveridge, I., Boxshall, G.A., Bray, R.A., Moravec, F., Whittington, I. 2010: An annotated list of fish parasites (Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected from Emperors and Emperor Bream (Lethrinidae) in New Caledonia further highlights parasite biodiversity estimates on coral reef fish. Zootaxa 2691: 1–40. Abstract Article (Open Access) (Correction of misidentification of type-host in original description)

External links

• ION
• WoRMS