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 lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941

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

*Sanguinofilaria lateolabracis*	Yamaguti, 1935	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Santos, C. P., Lopes, K. C., Gibson, D. I. (2016). Nematoda. In: Eiras, J. C., Velloso, A. L., Pereira, J. Parasitos de peixes marhinos de América ddo Sul. Editora de FURG, Rio Grande. pp. 209-258.
additional source	Arthur, J. R.; Lumanlan-Mayo, S. (1997). Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 369, Food and Agriculture of the United Nations. Rome, 102 pp.
redescription	Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. Academia, Praha. 635 pp.
redescription	Quiazon, K. M. A.; Yoshinaga, T.; Ogawa, K. (2008). Taxonomical study into two new species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) previously identified as Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti. Folia Parasitologica. 55: 29-41.
redescription	Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (2002). On two species of Philometra (Nematoda, Philometridae) from the serranid fish Epinephelus septemfasciatus in Japan. Acta Parasitologica. 47 (1): 34-40.
taxonomy source	Moravec, F. (2008). SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF PHILOMETRA JORDANOI (LÓPEZ-NEYRA, 1951) AND SOME OTHER CONGENERIC SPECIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS PHILOMETRA LATEOLABRACIS (YAMAGUTI, 1935) (NEMATODA: PHILOMETRIDAE). Folia Parasitologica. 55: 159–160,.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941. 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:459007