title: Two gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from marine fishes off the northern coast of Australia.
abstract: Two different gonad-infecting species of Philometra Costa, 1845 were collected from the ovary of marine perciform fishes, the blackspotted croaker Protonibea diacanthus (Sciaenidae) and the John's snapper Lutjanus johnii (Lutjanidae), from off the northern coast of Australia. Nematodes (males and females) from P. diacanthus represent a new taxon, Philometra protonibeae n. sp., which is mainly characterized by the body length of the males (3.37-3. 90 mm), broad, equally long spicules (length 126-141 μm) and the shape and structure of the gubernaculum with a dorsally lamellate distal tip. The nematodes (only females) from L. johnii may represent an undescribed species, but, because of the absence of conspecific males, they could not be specifically identified. Philometra protonibeae is the fifth nominal gonad-infecting species of this genus recorded from marine fishes in Australian waters and the seventh species of these parasites described from fishes of the family Sciaenidae.
authors: Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
authors: František
authors: F
authors: Moravec
authors: Fisheries Research, Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Berrimah Farm, Darwin, Northern Territory 0801, Australia Aquatic Ecology & Management, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0801, Australia.
authors: Diane P
authors: DP
authors: Barton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D017176:Dracunculoidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D019156:Indian Ocean; D008297:Male; D010053:Ovary / Q000469:parasitology; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology; D011247:Pregnancy; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013737:Testis / Q000469:parasitology
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