Philometra otolithi

Philometra otolithi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Order: Camallanida
Family: Philometridae
Genus: Philometra
Species: Philometra otolithi
Moravec & Manoharan, 2013

Philometra otolithi is a species of parasitic nematode of fishes, infecting the gonads of marine perciform fishes off the eastern Indian coast. It was first found in the tigertooth croaker, Otolithes ruber. It is distinguished from its cogenerates by the gubernaculum structure in males, as well as the shape and structure of the females' cephalic and caudal ends, and their oesophagus.[1]

References

  1. Moravec, Frantisek, and Jayaraman Manoharan. "Gonad-infecting philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) including four new species from marine fishes off the eastern coast of India." Folia Parasitologica 60.2 (2013): 105.

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