''Philometra lagocephali'' is a
species
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of
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
of fishes, first found off
New Caledonia
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in the South Pacific Ocean in the
abdominal cavity
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of ''
Lagocephalus sceleratus
''Lagocephalus sceleratus'' ( Gmelin, 1789), commonly known as the silver-cheeked toadfish, or Sennin-fugu ( ja, 仙人河豚), is an extremely poisonous marine bony fish in the family Tetraodontidae (puffer fishes).
Habitat and distribution
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This species is characterized mainly by the length of its spicules, length and structure of its
gubernaculum
The paired gubernacula (from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω = pilot, steer) also called the caudal genital ligament, are embryonic structures which begin as undifferentiated mesenchyme attaching to the caudal end of the gonads (testes in male ...
, body size, location in host and types of hosts.
References
Further reading
*Moravec, F., et al. "Two species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from sparid fishes (porgies) off Sicily, Italy, including Philometra obladae sp. n. from the body cavity of Oblada melanura (Sparidae)." Parasitology research 104.1 (2008): 55-61.
*Wang, Shu-Xia, Liang Li, and Lu-Ping Zhang. "Redescription and genetic characterization of Philometra lagocephali Moravec et Justine 2008 (Nematoda: Philometridae) from Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch and Schneider)(Tetraodontiformes: Tetradontidae) in the South China Sea." Acta Parasitologica 60.3 (2015): 395-406.
Camallanida
Parasitic nematodes of fish
Nematodes described in 2008
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