Huffmanela schouteni

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 schouteni

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

External links

• ION