Dentinema trichomycteri

 

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Classification

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Spirurina

Cosmocercoidea

                         Cosmocercidae

Cosmocercinae

 

                          Dentinema trichomycteri Moravec, Chara & Shinn, 2004

 

Type species of the genus


Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Moravec et al., 2004.

 

 
 
 

Males:  

  • Ventral precloacal surface with pairs of oblique muscle bands.
  • Precloacal sucker absent;.
  • Spicules eof equal length, broad.
  • Gubernaculum well developed.
  • Numerous paired pre-anal, adanal and postanal papillae.
  • Caudal alae absent.

Females:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic.
  • Vulva postequatorial.
  • Numerous oval thin-walled eggs.

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Distribution:

Dentinema trichomycteri specimens were collected as nematode parasites  from the stomachs and intestines of catfishes (Trichomycterus spp). from streams in Colombia (Moravec et al., 2004).

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Economic Importance:

 

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Hosts:

Freshwater catfish

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Feeding:

 

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Life Cycle:
For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

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References:

Moravec, F., Chara, J., Shinn, A.P. 2004. Two nematodes, Dentinema trichomycteri n. g., n. sp. (Cosmocercidae) and Procamallanus chimusensis Freitas & Ibarez, 1968 (Camallanidae), from catfishes Trichomycterus spp. (Pisces) in Colombia. Systematic Parasitology  59:189-197.
 

 

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