Spinitectoides | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Cystidicolidae |
Genus: |
Spinitectoides Petter, 1969 |
Species: | S. berlandi
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Binomial name | |
Spinitectoides berlandi Petter, 1969
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Spinitectoides is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Spinitectoides are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of fish. [1] [2] [3] According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus currently (2019) includes a single species, Spinitectoides berlandi. [2]
The genus Spinitectoides is known only from larvae and females; its main characteristics are "a festooned cuticular ornament on the anterior part of body and an apical structure closely similar to this of Cystidicola". [1]
Spinitectoides berlandi was described on the basis of one larva from Trisopterus luscus and three adult females from Molva molva. No males were found. [1] The description also mentions that females from Molva molva had been previously described by Berland under the name "Spinitectus sp.". [4]
The etymology is not clearly explained in the original description [1] but it is obvious that the name of the genus refers to Spinitectus, another genus of Cystidicolidae. The specific epithet berlandi obviously refers to Bjørn Berland, [1] a Norwegian parasitologist who described similar specimens in 1961. [4]
Spinitectoides berlandi is a parasite of marine fish, including pouting, Trisopterus luscus ( Gadidae) and common ling, Molva molva ( Lotidae). The type-locality is the Atlantic Ocean off the French coast. [1] Other localities include off the Norwegian coast [4] and off Faroe Islands. [5]
Spinitectoides | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Cystidicolidae |
Genus: |
Spinitectoides Petter, 1969 |
Species: | S. berlandi
|
Binomial name | |
Spinitectoides berlandi Petter, 1969
|
Spinitectoides is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Spinitectoides are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of fish. [1] [2] [3] According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus currently (2019) includes a single species, Spinitectoides berlandi. [2]
The genus Spinitectoides is known only from larvae and females; its main characteristics are "a festooned cuticular ornament on the anterior part of body and an apical structure closely similar to this of Cystidicola". [1]
Spinitectoides berlandi was described on the basis of one larva from Trisopterus luscus and three adult females from Molva molva. No males were found. [1] The description also mentions that females from Molva molva had been previously described by Berland under the name "Spinitectus sp.". [4]
The etymology is not clearly explained in the original description [1] but it is obvious that the name of the genus refers to Spinitectus, another genus of Cystidicolidae. The specific epithet berlandi obviously refers to Bjørn Berland, [1] a Norwegian parasitologist who described similar specimens in 1961. [4]
Spinitectoides berlandi is a parasite of marine fish, including pouting, Trisopterus luscus ( Gadidae) and common ling, Molva molva ( Lotidae). The type-locality is the Atlantic Ocean off the French coast. [1] Other localities include off the Norwegian coast [4] and off Faroe Islands. [5]