Ascarophisnema
Ascarophisnema tridentatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Cystidicolidae
Genus: Ascarophisnema
Moravec & Justine, 2010
Species:
A. tridentatum
Binomial name
Ascarophisnema tridentatum
Moravec & Justine, 2010

Ascarophisnema is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Ascarophisnema are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of fish. [1][2] According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus currently (2019) includes a single species, Ascarophisnema tridentatum.[2]

Etymology

The generic name consists of two parts, Ascarophis (the name of a similar genus) and nema (= nematode). Ascarophisnema is a neuter gender.[1]

Hosts and localities

Gymnocranius euanus is the host of Ascarophisnema tridentatum

Ascarophisnema tridentatum Moravec & Justine, 2010[1] is a parasite of the stomach of the fish Gymnocranius euanus (Lethrinidae, Perciformes) in the coral reef lagoon of New Caledonia. It has also been recorded from the stomach of the fish Gymnocranius grandoculis in the same locality.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2010). "Two new genera and species of cystidicolids (Nematoda, Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia". Parasitology International. 59 (2): 198–205. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2010.01.005. ISSN 1383-5769. PMID 20129064.
  2. 1 2 Bezerra, T.N.; Decraemer, W.; Eisendle-Flöckner, U.; Hodda, M.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Mokievsky, V.; Peña Santiago, R.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Venekey, V.; Zeng, Z.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ascarophisnema Moravec & Justine, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1307705 on 2019-01-04
  3. Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2020). "New records of spirurid nematodes (Nematoda, Spirurida, Guyanemidae, Philometridae & Cystidicolidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with redescriptions of two species and erection of Ichthyofilaroides n. gen". Parasite. 27: 5. doi:10.1051/parasite/2020003. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6984328. PMID 31985397. Open access icon
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