Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Spirurina incertae sedis > Superfamily Dracunculoidea > Family Philometridae > Subfamily Philometrinae

Philometra Costa, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ichthyonema*	Diesing, 1861	synonym
*Sanguinofilaria*	Yamaguti, 1935	synonym
*Thwaitia*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Philometra abdominalis Nybelin, 1928
Philometra aenei Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016
Philometra barbata Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
Philometra draco Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
Philometra fusca (Rudolphi, 1819) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1916
Philometra inexpectata Moravec, Chaabane, Justine & Neifar, 2016
Philometra jordanoi (López-Neyra, 1951) Yamaguti, 1941
Philometra justinei Moravec, Ternengo & Levron, 2006
Philometra kotlani (Molnar, 1969)
Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
Philometra obturans (Prenant, 1886) Skrjabin, Shikhobalova, Sobolev, Paramanov & Sudarikov, 1954
Philometra onchorhynchi Kuitinen-Ekbaum, 1933
Philometra ovata (Zeder, 1803) Skrjabin, 1923
Philometra radiata Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
Philometra rara Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2017
Philometra rischta Skrjabin, 1923
Philometra rubra (Leidy, 1856) Yamaguti, 1961
Philometra saltatrix Ramachandran, 1973
Philometra sanguinea (Rudolphi, 1819)
Philometra scomberesocis Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964
Philometra serranellicabrillae Janiszewska, 1949
Philometra tauridica Ivashkin, Naidenova, Kovaleva & Khromova, 1971
Philometra tunisiensis Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016

Literature

original description	Costa, O. G. (1845). ENTOZOA TROVATO ENTRO LE OVAlE DELL' URANCOSCOPUS SCABER. Ann. Accad. Aspiranti Nat. Napoli. 4 (1845-45), 760-80.
basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
additional source	Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. Academia, Praha. 635 pp.
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.
taxonomy source	Negreiros, L. P.; Tavares-Dias, M.; Elisei, C.; Tavares, L. E.; Pereira, F. B. (2018). First description of the male of Philometroides acreanensis and phylogenetic assessment of Philometridae (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) suggest instability of some taxa. Parasitology International.
identification resource	Moravec, F.; Cutmore, S. C.; Yong, R. Q.-Y. (2018). Redescription of Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) (Nematoda: Philometridae) parasitic in the abdominal cavity of the blackspotted puffer Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) off Australia and Japan. Systematic Parasitology.
identification resource	Moravec, F.; Mizher, J. A.; Ali, A. H. (2021). Records of two gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from marine fishes off Iraq, including the description of Philometra parabrevicollis n. sp. from the bigeye snapper Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch (Pisces, Lutjanidae). Systematic Parasitology.
identification resource	Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. Academia, Praha. 635 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra Costa, 1845. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22918

Dr. David Gibson. Philometra Costa, 1845. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/56812702-b068-48f1-8053-7e4b1d6bd39d