| Huffmanela ossicola | |
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| Egg of Huffmanela ossicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Trichocephalida |
| Family: | Trichosomoididae |
| Genus: | Huffmanela |
| Species: | H. ossicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Huffmanela ossicola Justine, 2004 | |
Huffmanela ossicola is a parasitic nematode. It has been observed in the branchial arch bone and the spinal cord bone (as well as others) of the labrid marine fishes Bodianus loxozonus, Bodianus busellatus and Bodianus perditio caught off New Caledonia. This is the first species of Huffmanela reported from bone tissue. Its eggs are only available for the continuation of the life-cycle after the host's death.
Hosts of Huffmanela ossicola
Bodianus loxozonus
Bodianus perditio
Bodianus busellatus
Description
The adults are unknown; only the eggs were described. The eggs are large, 72–88 micrometers in length and 32–40 micrometers in width, with a thick shell. Each egg is covered with numerous filaments enclosed in a thin envelope.
See also
References
- ^ Justine, J.-L. (2004). "Three new species of Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) from the gills of marine fish off New Caledonia". Systematic Parasitology. 59 (1): 29–37. doi:10.1023/B:SYPA.0000038442.25230.8b. PMID 15318018. S2CID 29105973.
- ^ Justine, Jean-Lou (2007). "Huffmanela spp. (Nematoda, Trichosomoididae) parasites in coral reef fishes off New Caledonia, with descriptions of H. balista n. sp. and H. longa n. sp". Zootaxa. 1628: 23–41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1628.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. Abstract
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| Huffmanela ossicola | |