Huffmanela ossicola

Huffmanela ossicola
Egg of
Huffmanela ossicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Family: Trichosomoididae
Genus: Huffmanela
Species: H. ossicola
Binomial name
Huffmanela ossicola
Justine, 2004

Huffmanela ossicola is a parasitic nematode[1] It has been observed in the branchial arch bone and the spinal cord bone (as well as others) of the labrid marine fishes Bodianus loxozonus,[1] Bodianus busellatus[2] and Bodianus perditio[2] caught off New Caledonia. This is the first species of Huffmanela reported from bone tissue.[1] Its eggs are only available for the continuation of the life-cycle after the host's death.

Hosts of Huffmanela ossicola
Bodianus loxozonus
Bodianus perditio
Bodianus busellatus

Description

The adults are unknown; only the eggs were described.[1][2] The eggs are large, 72–88 micrometers in length and 32–40 micrometers in width, with a thick shell. Each egg is covered with numerous filaments enclosed in a thin envelope.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Justine, J.-L. (2004). "Three new species of Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) from the gills of marine fish off New Caledonia". Systematic Parasitology 59 (1): 29–37. doi:10.1023/B:SYPA.0000038442.25230.8b. PMID 15318018.
  2. 1 2 3 Justine, Jean-Lou (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. ISSN 1175-5334. Abstract

External links

External identifiers for Huffmanela ossicola
Encyclopedia of Life 8638246
GBIF 4350633
WoRMS 396106
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