Huffmanela paronai sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), a new parasite from the skin of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the Ligurian Sea (Western Mediterranean)

Title:

Huffmanela paronai sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), a new parasite from the skin of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the Ligurian Sea (Western Mediterranean)

Creator:

Moravec, František and Garibaldi, Fulvio

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:43449567-ee1c-4d0b-8ef9-e903b9e395ae
uuid:43449567-ee1c-4d0b-8ef9-e903b9e395ae
urnnbn:urn:nbn:cz:aba007-000dtz

Subject:

parasitic nematode, Huffmanela, epidermis, fish, Xiphias, Ligurian Sea, and Italy

Type:

model:internalpart and TEXT

Format:

print

Description:

A new species of trichosomoidid nematode, Huffmanela paronai sp. n., is established on the basis of its egg morphology and biological characters. The dark-shcllcd, cmbryonatcd eggs of this histozoic parasite occur in masses in the epidermis of the swordfish Xiphias gladius L. (Xiphiidae, Perciformes) from the Ligurian Sea in northern Italy. The eggs are concentrated in groups appearing as black spots in the skin of the fish host, being distributed mainly on the lower part of its body (lower jaw, gill covers, pectoral, anal and caudal fins, lower half of body). The parasite’s eggs are characterised mainly by their shape and markedly small size (48-51 x 21-24 pm), an aspinose surface, relatively small polar plugs, and thick egg wall (3 pm). This is the first Huffmanela species reported from fish in Europe.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

309-313 and 71-75

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2000 Volume:47 | Number:4

Harvested from:

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