Morphology of Philometroides barbi (Nematoda: Philometroidae), a rare tissue parasite of the Mediterranean barbel Barbus meridionalis (Osteichthyes)

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Authors

MORAVEC František ŠIMKOVÁ Andrea PEČÍNKOVÁ Martina ONDRAČKOVÁ Markéta

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Diseases of aquatic organisms
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Zoology
Keywords Nematoda; Philometroides barbi; Barbus meridionalis; Bulgaria
Description A female specimen of the nematode Philometroides barbi Moravec, Simková,Hanzelová, Spakulová et Cakic, 2005, a little-known histozoic parasite of the Mediterranean Barbus meridionalis, was recorded from the fin of its fish host in Bulgaria. Scanning electron microscopical examination, used for the first time in this species, made it possible to determine the character of cephalic papillae (14 papillae arranged in 2 circles) and amphids and confirmed the presence of 4 large caudal lobes. These features distinctly distinguish P. barbi from Philometroides cyprini and other congeners parasitizing European fishes.
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