title: First record of Huffmanela schouteni (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), a histozoic parasite of flyingfishes, in Europe.
abstract: Examination of 3 specimens of the Mediterranean flyingfish Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque) from the Ligurian Sea, Italy, revealed the presence of numerous, dark-shelled trichinelloid eggs (69 to 75 x 30 to 33 microm) inside the innermost layer of the swimbladder, mostly located in clumps arranged in a distinct pattern. These were identified as Huffmanela schouteni Moravec et Campbell, 1991, a species known so far as eggs in flyingfishes and in the stools of humans in Curaçao. This is the first finding of this parasite in Europe and C. heterurus represents a new host record.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovská 31, 37005 Ceské Budĕjovice, Czech Republic. moravec@paru.cas.cz
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moravec
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garibaldi
mesh_terms: D000400:Air Sacs / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D023761:Beloniformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005843:Geography; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*