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 saltatrix Ramachandran, 1973

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

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 174-176.
additional source	Pereira, F. B.; González-Solís, D. (2022). Review of the parasitic nematodes of marine fishes from off the American continent. Parasitology. 1-14.
additional source	Moravec, F.; Chaabane, A.; Neifar, L.; Gey, D.; Justine, J.-L. (2017). Species of Philometra (Nematoda, Philometridae) from fishes off the Mediterranean coast of Africa, with a description of Philometra rara n. sp. from Hyporthodus haifensis and a molecular analysis of Philometra saltatrix from Pomatomus saltatrix. Parasite. 24: 8.
redescription	Moravec, F.; Buron, I. (2009). New data on three gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda, Philometridae) from estuarine fishes in South Carolina, USA. Acta Parasitologica. 54(3).
redescription	Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. Academia, Praha. 635 pp.
redescription	São Clemente, S.; Felizardo, N.; Ferreira, M.; Menezes, R.; Cunha, N.; Aguiar, F.; Nascimento, E.; Telleria, E.; Tortelly, R.; Knoff, M. (2017). Philometra saltatrix (Nematoda: Philometridae) in the ovary of the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766), off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Journal of Helminthology. 1-6.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra saltatrix Ramachandran, 1973. 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:123037