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 > Genus Philometra

Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Philometra*	Costa, 1845	accepted genus name
*Ichthyonema*	Diesing, 1861	synonym
*Sanguinofilaria*	Yamaguti, 1935	synonym
*Thwaitia*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Ichthyonema filiformis*	Stossich, 1896	synonym

Literature

additional source	Özer, A. (2021). Checklist of Marine, Freshwater, and Aquarium Fish Parasites in Turkey. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication No: 62, Istanbul, Turkey,. 311 pp.
redescription	Moravec, F.; Ghanmi, N.; Chaabane, A.; Gargouri, L.; Justine, J.-L. (2017). Redescription of Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) (Nematoda: Philometridae), a gonad-infecting parasite of the common pandora Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus) (Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, including new taxonomic features revealed by SEM. Systematic Parasitology.
redescription	Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. Academia, Praha. 635 pp.
redescription	Gaglio, G.; Giannetto, S.; Panebianc, A.; Moravec, F. (2009). First description of the male of Philometra filiformis (Nematoda: Philometridae), a gonad-infecting parasite of the marine fish Pagellus erythrinus (Sparidae) in Mediterranean. Folia Parasitologica. 56[4]: 317–318.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926. 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:459003