Hysterothylacium		Contents		Rev: 12/06/2022
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Spirurina

Ascaridoidea

                         Anisakidae (or Raphidascarididae)

                          Hysterothylacium Ward & Magath, 1917

At least 70 species of the genus have been described.

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Parasites of marine, eatuarine and freshwater fish (Moravec et al., 2012)

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Feeding:

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Management:

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References:

Moravec, F. and Justine, J.-L. 2015.Anisakid nematodes (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the marine fishes Plectropomus laevis Lace´pe`de (Serranidae) and Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger (Sphyraenidae) off New Caledonia, including two new species of Hysterothylacium Ward & Magath, 1917. Syst. Parasitol.92:181-195.

Moravec, F., Taraschewski, H., Appelhoff, D., and Weyl, O. 2012. A new species of Hysterothylacium (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata in South Africa. Helminthologia, 49:174-180. 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 06, 2022.