Huffmanela schouteni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trichocephalida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Cycloneuralia
Cladus: Nematoida
Phylum: Nematoda
Classis: Enoplea
Subclassis: Dorylaimia
Ordo: Trichocephalida

Familia: Trichosomoididae
Genus: Huffmanela
Species:

Name

  • Huffmanela schouteni Moravec & Campbell, 1991
  • Hosts: Hirundichthys affinis [1], Cheilopogon cyanopterus [2], Cheilopogon heterurus [3] (Exocoetidae, Perciformes, Teleostei)
  • Type-locality: Curaçao, Caribbean Sea.
  • Other record: Ligurian Sea, Italy.
  • Habitat: various organs
  • Note: Adult unknown, species described from eggs only.

References

Original description

  • Moravec, F. & Campbell B.G. 1991: A new Huffmanela species, H. schouteni sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), from flying fishes in Curaçao. Folia Parasitol 38:29-32 Article

Additional host

  • Moravec, F. & Garibaldi, F. 2004: First record of Huffmanela schouteni (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), a histozoic parasite of flyingfishes, in Europe. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 57, 173–175.PDF, free access
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