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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Rhabditida

Spiruria

              Seuratoidea

               Quimperidae

       Ichtyobronema (Moulton, 1931) Moravec, 1994

Note: the original spelling of the genus name, Ichtyobronema (see Gnedina & Savina, 1930) was changed to Ichthyobronema by Chabaud et al. (1959) in accordance with the grammatical rules of the Latinization of the words of Greek origin . However, Sokolov and Malysheva (2017) proposed return to the orginal name based on Articles 32.3 and 32.5.1 of the 4th edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature as the name change by Chabaud et al. (1959) should be considered as “an unjustified emendation”.

Type species of the genus: Ichtyobronema hamulatum (Moulton, 1931) Moravec, 1994

    Synonyms:

Ichtyobronema conoura (Linstow, 1885),

Ichtyobronema gnedini Sudarikov et Ryzhikov, 1952,

Haplonema hamulatum Moulton, 1931,

Cottocomephoronema hamulatum (Moulton, 1931)

Cottocomephoronema problematica Layman, 1933

Ichthyobronema [sic] Gnedina et Savina, 1930

Synonymies based on Arthur and Margolis (1975)

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Intestinal parasites of the freshwater cod, Lota lota

Ichtyobronema. hamulatum occurs throughout the Holactic in lotid fish, it is reported in freshwater scorpeniform fishes, in particular, in Lake Baikal [11, 18]. It is assumed that benthic invertebrates play the role of their first intermediate hosts (Diptera, Epheroptera) [13].  Ichtiobronema hamulatum is found in the intestines of the hosts.

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Feeding:

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Biology and Ecology:

Phylogenetic analysis of the partial SSU rDNA sequence of I. hamulatum had affinity with Paraquimperia africana (Quimpiridae) from freshwater eels. Placement of the genus Ichtyobronema is justified on the basis of these and other molecular analyses (Sokolov and Malysheva, 2017).

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Arthur, J.R., Margolis, L. 1975.: Revision of the genus Haplonema Ward and Magath, 1917 (Nematoda: Seuratoidea). Can. J. Zool., 53: 736 – 747. DOI: 10.1139/z75-088

Gnedina, M.P., Savina, N.V. 1930. On the fauna of parasitic worms of fishes of the North Dvina River basin. In: Skyabin, K.I. (Ed). Raboty 32 i 38 Soyuznykh gel’mintologicheskikh ekspeditsii na territorii Severo-Dvinskoy gubernii v 1926 i 1927 godakh [Works of the 32nd and 38th Union helminthological expeditions in the territory of the North-Dvinsky province in 1926 and 1927 years]. Vyatka: Severo-Dvinskiy GubZdrav and GubVetOtdel, pp. 87-106. (In Russian)

Solkolov, S.G., Malysheva, S.Y. 2017. Molecular characterization of Ichtyobronema hamulatum (Moulton, 1931) (Nematoda: Quimperiidae), a common parasite of burbot Lota lota (Linnaeus) (Actinopterygii: Lotidae). Helminthologia 54:183-188.

Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 20, 2024.