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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Rhabditida

Spirurina

              Dracunculoidea

               Guyanemidae

Travassosnema Costa, Moreira, & Oliveira, 1991

A genus of parasites of  fish.

Note the almost imperceptibly small difference between the spelling of this genus name and that of Travassosinema in the Travassosinematidae, a family of pinworm parasites of insects, primarily mole crickets.(a rule about avoiding the confuion caused by name similarity would be helpful!)

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Buccal capsule absent
• Esophagus divided into muscular and glandular parts, with glandular appendix near junction with intestine.
• Anus functional.

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

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References:

Costa, H.M.A., NIB Moreira, CL Oliveira . 1991.Travassosnema gen. n. with the description of T. travassosi sp. n.(Dracunculoidea, Guyanemidae) parasite of Acestrorhynchus lacustris Reinhardt, 1874 (Characidae); Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz  86:437-439.

Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 23, 2022.