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1 October 2007 A NEW SPECIES OF DENTIPHILOMETRA (NEMATODA: PHILOMETRIDAE) FROM THE MUSCULATURE OF THE GRAY SNAPPER LUTJANUS GRISEUS (OSTEICHTHYES) OFF THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF MEXICO
David González-Solís, František Moravec, Vielka M. Tuz Paredes
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Abstract

A new nematode, Dentiphilometra lutjani n. sp. (Philometridae), is described from gravid females (the male is unknown) collected from the body musculature of the marine perciform fish gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus (Lutjanidae), from the Bay of Chetumal and southern coast of Quintana Roo, off the Caribbean coast of Mexico. The new species differs from the only other congener, Dentiphilometra monopteri, from the swamp eel Monopterus albus in China, mainly in the body length of gravid female (15.40–53.21 mm), the shape of the posterior body end (not markedly narrowed, with low caudal projections), the esophageal gland (maximum width near its posterior end), and the length (344–483 μm) of larvae from the uterus; both species also differ in their host types (marine perciform fish vs. freshwater swamp eel) and geographical distribution (Mexico vs. China).

David González-Solís, František Moravec, and Vielka M. Tuz Paredes "A NEW SPECIES OF DENTIPHILOMETRA (NEMATODA: PHILOMETRIDAE) FROM THE MUSCULATURE OF THE GRAY SNAPPER LUTJANUS GRISEUS (OSTEICHTHYES) OFF THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF MEXICO," Journal of Parasitology 93(5), 1132-1135, (1 October 2007). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1238R.1
Received: 21 February 2007; Accepted: 1 April 2007; Published: 1 October 2007
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