Global InformationCristitectus information
| Cristitectus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Cystidicolidae |
| Genus: | Cristitectus Petter, 1970 |
| Species: | C. congeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cristitectus congeri Petter, 1970
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Cristitectus is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Cristitectus 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, Cristitectus congeri,[2] which is a parasite of the European conger.
- ^ Petter, Annie J. (1970). "Quelques Spirurides de Poissons de la région nantaise". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 45 (1): 31–46. doi:10.1051/parasite/1970451031. ISSN 0003-4150.
- ^ a b 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. Cristitectus congeri Petter, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=122917 on 2019-01-05
