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 aenei Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description

Moravec, F.; Chaabane, A.; Neifar, L.; Gey, D.; Justine, J.-L. (2016). Descriptions of Philometra aenei n. sp. and P. tunisiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from Epinephelus spp. off Tunisia confirm a high degree of host specificity of gonad-infecting species of Philometra Costa, 1845 in groupers (Serranidae). Systematic Parasitology. 93(2): 115-128.

redescription

Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. Academia, Praha. 635 pp.

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Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra aenei Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016. 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:868268

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Occurrence

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Environment


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2016-01-23 by David Gibson

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