''Rasheedia'' is a genus of nematodes in the order
Spirurida. The nematode genus ''Bulbocephalus''
Rasheed, 1966 was found to be a homonym of ''Bulbocephalus''
Watson, 1916 (Apicomplexa,
Stylocephalidae
Stylocephalidae is a family of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexia
Taxonomy
Fifteen genera are recognised in this family.
History
This taxon was created by Ellis in 1912.Ellis MM (1912) A new species of gregarine from North Americ ...
) and, therefore, a new name, ''Rasheedia'' n. nom., was proposed in 2018 to substitute it.
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The genus was named in honour of Suraiya Rasheed, "a well-known
Pakistani fish parasitologist who was the first to describe these interesting nematodes".
Species of ''Rasheedia'' are parasite of fish and include:
* ''
Rasheedia heptacanthi
''Rasheedia heptacanthi'' is a parasitic nematode in the genus ''Rasheedia''.
The species is an intestinal parasite of the Cinnabar goatfish '' Parupeneus heptacanthus'' ( Mullidae) and '' Dentex fourmanoiri'' (Sparidae) off New Caledonia.
T ...
''
Moravec & Justine, 2018, a parasite of the Cinnabar goatfish ''
Parupeneus heptacanthus
''Parupeneus heptacanthus'', commonly known as cinnabar goatfish, and sold in UK as "Red Mullet", is a marine fish native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Parasites
As in other fish, the cinnabar goatfish has many parasites, including ...
'' (
Mullidae) and ''
Dentex fourmanoiri'' (
Sparidae
The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a ...
)
* ''
Rasheedia novaecaledoniensis
''Rasheedia novaecaledoniensis'' is a parasitic nematode in the genus ''Rasheedia''.
The species is an intestinal parasite of the Indian goatfish ''Parupeneus indicus'' ( Mullidae) off New Caledonia.The two species ''Rasheedia novaecaledonien ...
''
Moravec & Justine, 2018, a parasite of the Indian goatfish ''
Parupeneus indicus
''Parupeneus'' is a genus of goatfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Parupeneus angulatus Randall & Heemstra, 2009
* '' Parupeneus barberinoides'' (Bleeker, 18 ...
'' (
Mullidae)
* ''Rasheedia deblocki''
(Le-Van-Hoa, Pham-Ngoc-Khue & Nguyen-Thi-Lien, 1972) Moravec & Justine, 2018
* ''Rasheedia inglisi''
(Rasheed, 1966) Moravec & Justine, 2018
* ''Rasheedia pseudupenei''
(Vassiliadès & Diaw, 1978) Moravec & Justine, 2018
References
Spirurida
Secernentea genera
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