Philometra cyanopodi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Secernentea |
Order: | Camallanida |
Family: | Philometridae |
Genus: | Philometra |
Species: | P. cyanopodi
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Binomial name | |
Philometra cyanopodi Moravec & Justine, 2008
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Philometra cyanopodi is a species of parasitic nematode of fishes, first found off New Caledonia in the South Pacific, in the gonads of Epinephelus cyanopodus.[1] This species is characterized mainly by: length of spicules and length and structure of its gubernaculum; structure of male caudal end; body size; location in host and types of hosts.[1]