Philometra Costa, 1845

Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, Zootaxa 4185 (1), pp. 1-274 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D054EDD-9CDC-4D16-A8B2-F1EBBDAD6E09

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5626656

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038FB248-FF9C-FF9B-89B9-C68B250D9FF7

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Philometra Costa, 1845
status

 

Philometra Costa, 1845

Generic diagnosis (after Yamaguti 1961). Philometridae . Males much smaller than females (males of some species unknown). Body filiform, anterior and posterior ends rounded. Mouth with or without lips. Head and tail papillae present or absent. Oesophagus cylindrical, short, bulbous at anterior end. Oesophageal gland confined to wall of oesophagus. Males with spicules equal, or almost so, slender; gubernaculum present. Vulva of gravid worms atrophied. Uteri occupy most of body. Ovaries amphidelphic. Parasites of body cavity and tissues of fishes.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

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