Genus of worms
Moravecnema
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Moravecnema segonzaci, male
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Nematoda
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Class:
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Chromadorea
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Order:
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Rhabditida
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Family:
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Cystidicolidae
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Genus:
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Moravecnema Justine, Cassone & Petter, 2002
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Species:
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M. segonzaci
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Binomial name
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Moravecnema segonzaci
Justine, Cassone & Petter, 2002
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Moravecnema is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Moravecnema 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, Moravecnema segonzaci,[2] which is a parasite in a deep-sea fish.
- ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Cassone, Jimmy; Petter, Annie (2002). "Moravecnema segonzaci gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) from Pachycara thermophilum (Zoarcidae), a deep-sea hydrothermal vent fish from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Folia Parasitologica. 49 (4): 299–303. doi:10.14411/fp.2002.055. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 12641204.
- ^ 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. MoravecnemaJustine, Cassone & Petter, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390864 on 2019-01-05