Philometrid nematodes infecting fishes from the Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, with description of two new species

Title:

Philometrid nematodes infecting fishes from the Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, with description of two new species

Creator:

Moravec, František and Bakenhaster, Micah

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:827049a5-6300-4c82-900a-dd806adb2794
uuid:827049a5-6300-4c82-900a-dd806adb2794
doi:10.14411/fp.2010.028

Subject:

parasitic nematode, Philometra, Philometroides, Caranginema, marine fish, Lutjanus, Caranx, Florida, and Gulf of Mexico

Type:

model:article and TEXT

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bez média and svazek

Description:

The following three species of the Philometridae (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) are described from marine perciform fishes of the Everglades National Park (northern Gulf of Mexico), Florida, USA: Philometra brevispicula sp. n. (male and females) from the subcutaneous tissue of mouth of the gray snapper Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus) (Lutjanidae), Philometroides grandipapillatus sp. n. (only females) from pectoral fin muscle of the crevalle jack Caranx hippos (Linnaeus) (Carangidae), and Caranginema americanum Moravec, Montoya-Mendoza et Salgado-Maldonado, 2008 (females) from the subcutaneous fascia of trunk muscle in crevalle jack C. hippos. Philometra brevispicula is mainly characterized by small cephalic papillae of the external circle, the absence of oesophageal teeth and the presence of small caudal projections in gravid female, markedly short spicules (45 µm) in male, and by its location in the host. Philometroides grandipapillatus differs from congeners mainly in the shape of the cephalic region (narrow, conspicuously protruding), large cephalic papillae of the external circle and the absence of caudal projections in female, and by the site of infection in the host. Caranginema americanum is for the first time recorded from the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Language:

English

Rights:

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

Coverage:

213-222

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2010 Volume:57 | Number:3

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