Huffmanela
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Trichocephalida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Trichosomoididae
Genus: Huffmanela
Species (17):
H. balista –
H. banningi –
H. branchialis –
H. canadensis –
H. carcharini –
H. filamentosa –
H. hamo –
H. huffmani –
H. japonica –
H. lata –
H. longa –
H. mexicana –
H. moraveci –
H. ossicola –
H. paronai –
H. plectropomi –
H. schouteni –
H. shikokuensis
Name
[edit]- Huffmanela Moravec, 1987
- Type-species: Huffmanela carcharini (McCallum, 1925) Moravec, 1987
Hosts
[edit]Species of Huffmanela are parasitic in freshwater or sea fish.
Remarks
[edit]Many species of Huffmanela were described from eggs only because the adults were not found.
References
[edit]Original description
- Moravec, F. 1987: Revision of Capillariid Nematodes (Subfamily Capillariinae) parasitic in fishes. Studie ČSAV No. 3, Academia, Praha, 141 pp.
Other References
- Moravec, F. 2001: Trichinelloid Nematodes parasitic in cold-blooded vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 432 pp. (ISBN 8020008055)
- Justine, J.-L. 2007: Huffmanela spp. (Nematoda, Trichosomoididae) parasites in coral reef fishes off New Caledonia, with descriptions of H. balista n. sp. and H. longa n. sp. Zootaxa, 1628, 23-41. Abstract ZooBank