- Source: Philometra lethrini
Philometra lethrini is a species of parasitic nematode of fishes, first found off New Caledonia in the South Pacific, in the gonads of Lethrinus genivittatus. 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.
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Further reading
Moravec, František; Gaglio, Gabriella; Giannetto, Salvatore; Marino, Fabio (2010). "Philometra spicarae sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the abdominal cavity of the marine fish (picarel) Spicara smaris (Centracanthidae) off Sicily, Italy". Parasitology Research. 107 (2): 399–402. doi:10.1007/s00436-010-1877-z. PMID 20428890. S2CID 29467296.
Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2011). "Two new gonad-infecting Philometra species (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the marine fish Lutjanus vitta (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) off New Caledonia". Folia Parasitologica. 58 (4): 302–310. doi:10.14411/fp.2011.030. PMID 22263311.
