Two new gonad-infecting Philometra species (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the marine fish Lutjanus vitta (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) off New Caledonia

0367293 - BC 2012 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Moravec, František - Justine, J.-L.
Two new gonad-infecting Philometra species (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the marine fish Lutjanus vitta (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) off New Caledonia.
Folia Parasitologica. Roč. 58, č. 4 (2011), s. 302-310. ISSN 0015-5683. E-ISSN 1803-6465
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC522
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : parasitic nematode * Philometra * MARINE FISH * Lutjanus * New Caledonia * South Pacific
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
Impact factor: 1.812, year: 2011
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Two new gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae), P. brevicollis sp. n. and P. mira sp. n., are described from the ovary of the fish Lutjanus vitta (Lutjanidae, Perciformes), from the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Caledonia. Based on light and scanning electron microscopy examination, these new nematodes are compared with all other gonad-infecting species of Philometra. Judging from the occurrence in the host, P. brevicollis is the main philometrid parasitizing the gonads of L. vitta, in which it can reproduce, whereas this fish probably serves as only the paradefinitive host for P. mira. Both P. brevicollis and P. mira are the first nominal species of Philometra described from fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
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