Ichthyofilaroides
| Ichthyofilaroides | |
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| Ichthyofilaroides novaecaledoniensis | |
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| Superfamily: | Dracunculoidea
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| Family: | Guyanemidae
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| Subfamily: | Travassosneminae
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| Genus: | Ichthyofilaroides Moravec & Justine, 2020
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Ichthyofilaroides is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Guyanemidae Petter, 1974.
Species of Ichthyofilaroides are parasitic as adults in fish, in the musculature, surface of visceral organs and body cavity.[1] According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus currently (2021) includes a single species, Ichthyofilaroides novaecaledoniensis (Moravec et Justine, 2009) Moravec & Justine, 2020.[2] This species was originally described in 2009 as Ichthyofilaria novaecaledoniensis,[3] then transferred to the genus Ichthyofilaroides in 2020 to become the type-species of the genus.
The new genus was differentiated from Ichthyofilaria mainly by the presence of the buccal capsule and the number and arrangement of the cephalic papillae. Moravec & Justine (2020) added that "since the buccal capsule has not yet been described in any species of the Guyanemidae, it may be necessary to create a new family for Ichthyofilaroides in the future. Nevertheless, since the male of its type species remains unknown, we provisionally assign Ichthyofilaroides to the family Guyanemidae, subfamily Travassosneminae."
Hosts and localities[edit]
Ichthyofilaroides novaecaledoniensis (Moravec et Justine, 2009) Moravec & Justine, 2020 is a parasite of a deep-sea fish, the Lemon ghost flathead Hoplichthys citrinus Gilbert (Hoplichthyidae, Scorpaeniformes), caught off New Caledonia.
References[edit]
- ^ Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2020). "New records of spirurid nematodes (Nematoda, Spirurida, Guyanemidae, Philometridae & Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with redescriptions of two species and erection of Ichthyofilaroides n. gen". Parasite. 27: 5. doi:10.1051/parasite/2020003. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6984328. PMID 31985397.
- ^ WoRMS (2021). Ichthyofilaroides Moravec & Justine, 2020. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1421603 on 2021-01-27
- ^ Moravec, Frantisek; Justine, Jean-Lou (2009). "New data on dracunculoid nematodes from fishes off New Caledonia, including four new species of Philometra (Philometridae) and Ichthyofilaria (Guyanemidae)". Folia Parasitologica. 56 (2): 129–142. doi:10.14411/fp.2009.017. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 19606788.
