Procamallanus		Contents		Rev 09/18/2023
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Procamallanus Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

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Morphology and Anatomy:

.  Procamallanus elatensis female. A: Ventral view of anterior, buccal capsule and eesophagus;  B: & C: Cephalic region with buccal capsule, nerverting, basal ring and stoma; D: Ventral view of posterior; E and G: Ventrolateral view of posterior, rectum and anus; F: Ventral view of posterior, rectum, phasmidand  anus. Abbreviations; An, anus; BC, buccal capsule; BR, basal ring; Ca, caudal alae; Cl; cloaca; GO, glandular oesophagus; In, intestine; MO, muscular esophagus; Mo, stoma; NR, nerve ring; Ph, phasmid; Pr, proctodeum; Re, rectum; Ta, tail. (adapted from Khalifa et al., 2019).		Female:
	Body anterior of Procamallanus chetumalensis showing spiral thickenings of buccal capsule, anterior muscular and posterior galndular portions of esophagus, nerve ring and excretory pore. from Gonzalez-Solis et al. (2002) [bar is 0.3 mm]
Males:
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

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Distribution:

Many species reported as parasites of fish and sea snakes in Indo-pacific and other waters.

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Feeding:

Most species are gastrointestinal, blood-sucking parasites of marine, brackish-water and freshwater fishes and, less often, of amphibians and aquatic reptiles (turtles, snakes),  They usually have a copepod as an  intermediate host (Moravec andd Justine, 2019).

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Baylis, H.A. 1923: Some parasitic worms, mainly from fishes from Lake Tanganyika. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10,1:552-62.

Khalifa, R.M.A., Mohamadain, H.S., Karrar, Y.F.M. 2019. Redescription and systematic studies on Procamallanus (Procamallanus) elatensis Fusco & Overstreet, 199 from three Red Sea Siganus sp. fishes. J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol. 49: 81-90.

Gonzalez-Solis, D., Moravec, F., Vidal-Martinez-V.M. 2002. Procalallanus (Spirocamallanus) chetumalensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from the mayan sea catfish, Ariopsis assimilis, off the Caribbean coast of Mecico. J. Parasitol. 88: 765-768.

Moravec, F., Justine, J-L. 2019. New species and new records of camallanid nematodes (Nematoda, Camallanidae) from marine fishes and sea snakes in New Caledonia. Parasite 26:66; doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019068

Olsen, LS, 1952: Some nematodes parasitic in marine fishes: Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Texas 11,2:173- 215

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 18, 2023.