Icthyofilaria

 

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Rev: 10/23/2022

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Rhabditida
Spirurina
              Dracunculoidea
               Guyanemidae

Icthyofilaria Yamaguti, 1935

 

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Feeding:

Known species are parasites of the abdominal cavity or viscera of marine fish (Muarvec and Justine, 2009).

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References:

Moravec, F. and Justine, J-L. 2009.. New data on dracunculoid nematodes from fi shes off New Caledonia, including four new species of Philometra (Philometridae) and Ichthyofi laria (Guyanemidae). Folia Parasitologica 56:129-142.

 

 

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