0157638 - PAU-O 20033025 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Moravec, František - Garibaldi, F.
First record of Huffmanela schouteni (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), a histozoic parasite of flyingfishes, in Europe.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Roč. 57, 1/2 (2003), s. 173-175. ISSN 0177-5103. E-ISSN 1616-1580
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Keywords : parasitic nematode * tissue parasite * Huffmanela
Subject RIV: EA - Cell Biology
Impact factor: 1.263, year: 2003

Examination of 3 specimens of the Mediterranean flyingfish Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque) from the Ligurian Sea, Italy, revealed the presence of numerous, dark-shelled trichinelloid eggs (69 to 75 x 30 to 33 micro m) inside the innermost layer of the swimbladder, mostly located in clumps arranged in a distinct pattern. These were identified as Huffmanela schouteni Moravec et Campbell, 1991, a species known so far as eggs in flyingfishes and in the stools of humans in Curacao. This is the first finding of this parasite in Europe and C. heterurus represents a new host record.
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