Huffmanela paronai

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 paronai

Name

• Huffmanela paronai Moravec & Garibaldi, 2000
• Type-host: Xiphias gladius (Xiphiidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
• Type-locality: Ligurian Sea, Italy
• Habitat: Epidermis
• Note: Adult unknown, species described from eggs only.

References

Original description

• Moravec, F. & Garibaldi, F. 2000: Huffmanela paronai sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), a new parasite from the skin of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the Ligurian Sea (Western Mediterranean). Folia Parasitologica, 47, 309–313. Abstract Article

Redescription of eggs

• 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

External links

• ION