Huffmanela carcharini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trichocephalida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa 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: Huffmanela carcharini

Name

• Huffmanela carcharini (MacCallum, 1925) Moravec, 1987
• Hosts: Carcharhinus melanopterus, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Carcharhinidae, Carcharhiniformes, Chondrichthyes)
• Type-locality: Atlantic Ocean off USA
• Habitat: Skin and mucosa of connective tissue of gill arches
• Note: Adult unknown, species described from eggs only.

Synonyms

• Capillaria carcharhini MacCallum, 1925
• Capillaria spinosa MacCallum, 1926

References

• Moravec 1987: Revision of Capillariid Nematodes (Subfamily Capillariinae) parasitic in fishes. Studie ČSAV No. 3, Academia, Praha, 141 pp.

External links

• ION