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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Rhabditida

Spirurina

              Dracunculoidea

               Guyanemidae

Moravecia Ribu & Lester, 2004

A genus of marine parasites of  fish.

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Distribution:

Reported from coastal water os Australia, Argentina and Norway.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Moravecia

Described from fish gills and body cavities.

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References:

Ribu, D.L., Lester, R.J.G. 2004. Moravecia australiensis ng, n. sp.(Dracunculoidea: Guyanemidae) from the gills of the green porcupine fish Tragulichthys jaculiferus (Cuvier) in Australia. Systematic Parasitology 57:59-65.

Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 14, 2025.