WoRMS taxon details
Philometra Costa, 1845
22918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22918)
accepted
Genus
Ichthyonema Diesing, 1861 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Sanguinofilaria Yamaguti, 1935 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Thwaitia Rasheed, 1963 · unaccepted (Synonym)
- Subgenus Philometra (Ranjhinema) Rasheed, 1963
- Species Philometra (Ranjhinema) beninensis Obiekezie, 1986 accepted as Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Philometra (Ranjhinema) polynemii Raasheed, 1963 accepted as Philometra polynemii Rasheed, 1963 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Philometra (Ranjhinema) salgadoi Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995 accepted as Philometra salgadoi Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Philometra aenei Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016
- Species Philometra aequispiculata Moravec, Bakenhaster, Seyoum & Tringali, 2021
- Species Philometra andersoni Moravec, Bakenhaster & Switzer, 2020
- Species Philometra arabiensis Moravec, Fazaa, Ali & Saud, 2022
- Species Philometra arafurensis Moravec & Barton, 2018
- Species Philometra argentimaculati Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
- Species Philometra atlantica Moravec, Bakenhaster & de Buron, 2013
- Species Philometra australiensis Moravec & Diggles, 2014
- Species Philometra austropacifica Moravec & Justine, 2014
- Species Philometra balistii (Rasheed, 1963) Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995
- Species Philometra barbata Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
- Species Philometra barnesi Moravec & Diggles, 2015
- Species Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986
- Species Philometra biglobocerca Belous, 1965
- Species Philometra brachiri Moravec & Ali, 2014
- Species Philometra brevicollis Moravec & Justine, 2011
- Species Philometra brevispicula Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2010
- Species Philometra carangis Moravec & Diggles, 2014
- Species Philometra carolinensis Moravec, de Buron & Roumillat, 2006
- Species Philometra carponotati Moravec & Diggles, 2014
- Species Philometra cephalopholidis Moravec & Justine, 2015
- Species Philometra cephalus Ramachandran, 1975
- Species Philometra charlestonensis Moravec, de Buron, Baker & González-Solís, 2008
- Species Philometra cheilopogoni Mordvinova, 1986
- Species Philometra consimilis Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2021
- Species Philometra cryptocentri Yamaguti, 1961
- Species Philometra cyanopodi Moravec & Justine, 2008
- Species Philometra cynoscionis Moravec, de Buron & Roumillat, 2006
- Species Philometra cyprinirutili (Creplin, 1825) Moravec, 2004
- Species Philometra damriyasai Dewi & Palm, 2017
- Species Philometra deburonae Moravec, Bakenhaster & Adams, 2016
- Species Philometra dentigubernaculata Moravec & Justine, 2009
- Species Philometra diplectri Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2010
- Species Philometra dispar Moravec, Gey & Justine, 2016
- Species Philometra dissimilis Moravec & Manoharan, 2016
- Species Philometra draco Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
- Species Philometra epinepheli Dewi & Palm, 2013
- Species Philometra fasciati Moravec & Justine, 2008
- Species Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
- Species Philometra floridensis Moravec, Fajer-Ávila & Bakenhaster, 2010
- Species Philometra fulvi Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
- Species Philometra fusca (Rudolphi, 1819) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
- Species Philometra genypteri Moravec, Chávez & Oliva, 2011
- Species Philometra gerrei Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
- Species Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1916
- Species Philometra gracilis Moravec & Barton, 2016
- Species Philometra gymnosardae Moravec, Lorber & Konečný, 2007
- Species Philometra gymnothoracis Moravec & de Buron, 2009
- Species Philometra haemulontis Moravec, Bakenhaster & Switzer, 2020
- Species Philometra hyporthodi Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2013
- Species Philometra incognita Moravec, Bakenhaster & Adams, 2016
- Species Philometra inconveniens Moravec, Barton & Shamsi, 2021
- Species Philometra indica Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
- Species Philometra inexpectata Moravec, Chaabane, Justine & Neifar, 2016
- Species Philometra inimici Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra iraqiensis Moravec, Ali, Abed & Shaker, 2016
- Species Philometra isaki Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
- Species Philometra ivaschkini Parukhin, 1976
- Species Philometra javaensis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
- Species Philometra johnii Moravec & Ali, 2013
- Species Philometra jordanoi (López-Neyra, 1951) Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra justinei Moravec, Ternengo & Levron, 2006
- Species Philometra katsuwoni Petter & Baudin-Laurencin, 1986
- Species Philometra kidakoi Moravec, Nagasawa, Nitta & Tawa, 2019
- Species Philometra kohnae Moravec & Rohde, 1992
- Species Philometra lagocephali Moravec & Justine, 2008
- Species Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra latispicula Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
- Species Philometra lethrini Moravec & Justine, 2008
- Species Philometra lobotidis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
- Species Philometra lomi Moravec & Rohde, 1992
- Species Philometra longa Moravec, Barton & Shamsi, 2021
- Species Philometra longispicula Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
- Species Philometra lopholatili Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2013
- Species Philometra macroandri (Shchepkina, 1978) Petter & Baudin-Laurencin, 1986
- Species Philometra macrochiri Moravec & Diggles, 2014
- Species Philometra madai Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
- Species Philometra managatuwo Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra margolisi Moravec, Vidal-Martínez & Aguirre-Macedo, 1995
- Species Philometra mawsonae Moravec & Barton, 2018
- Species Philometra megalaspidis Moravec, Ali, Abed & Shaker, 2016
- Species Philometra mexicana Moravec & Salgado-Maldonado, 2007
- Species Philometra mira Moravec & Justine, 2011
- Species Philometra morii Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2010
- Species Philometra nemipteri Luo, 2001
- Species Philometra neptomeni Mateo, 1972
- Species Philometra nibeae Moravec, Fazaa, Ali & Saud, 2023
- Species Philometra notatae Moravec, Bakenhaster, Seyoum & Tringali, 2021
- Species Philometra obladae Moravec, Gaglio, Panebianco & Giannetto, 2008
- Species Philometra obturans (Prenant, 1886) Skrjabin, Shikhobalova, Sobolev, Paramanov & Sudarikov, 1954
- Species Philometra ocularis Moravec, Ogawa, Suzuki, Miyazaki & Donai, 2002
- Species Philometra onchorhynchi Kuitinen-Ekbaum, 1933
- Species Philometra ostorhinchi Moravec & Ogawa, 2019
- Species Philometra otolithi Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
- Species Philometra ovata (Zeder, 1803) Skrjabin, 1923
- Species Philometra overstreeti Moravec & de Buron, 2006
- Species Philometra papillicaudata Moravec & Barton, 2018
- Species Philometra parabrevicollis Moravec, Mizher & Ali, 2021
- Species Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
- Species Philometra pinnicola (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra piscaria Moravec & Justine, 2014
- Species Philometra plotosi Moravec & Nagasawa, 1989
- Species Philometra polynemii Rasheed, 1963
- Species Philometra priacanthi Moravec & Justine, 2009
- Species Philometra protonibeae Moravec & Barton, 2015
- Species Philometra psettoditis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
- Species Philometra rachycentri Parukhin, 1984
- Species Philometra radiata Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
- Species Philometra rara Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2017
- Species Philometra rasheedae Garg, 1983
- Species Philometra rischta Skrjabin, 1923
- Species Philometra rubra (Leidy, 1856) Yamaguti, 1961
- Species Philometra salgadoi Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995
- Species Philometra saltatrix Ramachandran, 1973
- Species Philometra sanguinea (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Species Philometra sawara Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
- Species Philometra sciaenae Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra scomberesocis Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964
- Species Philometra scomberomori (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra sebastisci Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra sebastodis Yamaguti, 1941
- Species Philometra selaris Moravec & Justine, 2014
- Species Philometra serranellicabrillae Janiszewska, 1949
- Species Philometra spari Yamaguti, 1961
- Species Philometra sphyraenae Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
- Species Philometra spicarae Moravec, Gaglio, Giannetto & Marino, 2010
- Species Philometra strongylurae Moravec & Ali, 2005
- Species Philometra sydneyi Rasheed, 1963
- Species Philometra synagridis Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
- Species Philometra tauridica Ivashkin, Naidenova, Kovaleva & Khromova, 1971
- Species Philometra tayeni Moravec, Fazaa, Ali & Saud, 2023
- Species Philometra tenuicauda Moravec & Justine, 2009
- Species Philometra tenuis Moravec & Ogawa, 2019
- Species Philometra terapontis Moravec, Gopalakrishnan, Rajkumar, Saravanakumar & Kaliyamoorthy, 2011
- Species Philometra thaiensis Moravec, Fiala & Dyková, 2004
- Species Philometra translucida Walton, 1927
- Species Philometra tricornuta Moravec & Ali, 2014
- Species Philometra tropica Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
- Species Philometra tunisiensis Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016
- Species Philometra tylosuri Moravec & Ali, 2005
- Species Philometra zabidii Moravec & Diggles, 2014
- Subgenus Philometra (Alinema) Rasheed, 1963 accepted as Alinema Rasheed, 1963 (Raised to generic level)
- Species Philometra amazonica Travassos, 1960 accepted as Alinema amazonicum (Travassos, 1960) Moravec, Scholz, Dykovà, Kuchgta, Fiala & Kohn, 2006 (Superseded combination)
- Species Philometra americana Kuitunen-Ekbaum, 1933 accepted as Clavinema mariae (Layman, 1930) Margolis & Moravec, 1987 (Synonym)
- Species Philometra centropomi Caballero, 1974 accepted as Spirophilometra centropomi (Caballero, 1974) Moravec, Santana-Piñeros, González-Solís & Torres-Huerta, 2007
- Species Philometra chilensis Chávez & Oliva, 2011 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Error pro P. genypteri)
- Species Philometra grayi (Gemmill & Linstow, 1902) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 accepted as Echinomermella grayi (Gemmill, 1902) Chitwood, 1933 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Philometra mariae Layman, 1930 accepted as Clavinema mariae (Layman, 1930) Margolis & Moravec, 1987 (Superseded combination)
- Species Philometra neolateolabracis Rajyalakshmi, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985 accepted as Philometra sciaenae Yamaguti, 1941 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Philometra philippinensis Quiazon & Yoshinaga, 2013 accepted as Barracudia philippinensis (Quiazon & Yoshinaga, 2013) Moravec & Shamsi, 2017 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Philometra recticaudata Costa, 1845 accepted as Philometra reticulatum Costa, 1845 accepted as Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1916 (Lapsus)
- Species Philometra reticulatum Costa, 1845 accepted as Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1916 (Synonym )
- Species Philometra robusta Moravec, Möller & Heeger, 1992 accepted as Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 (Synonym )
- Species Philometra seriolellae Matero, 1982 accepted as Philometra neptomeni Mateo, 1972 (Synonym)
- Species Philometra spinosa Vo, 2010 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Published in a thesis.)
- Species Philometra taurica accepted as Philometra tauridica Ivashkin, Naidenova, Kovaleva & Khromova, 1971 (Lapsus for tauridica)
- Species Philometra zebrini Yamaguti, 1961 accepted as Clavinema mariae (Layman, 1930) Margolis & Moravec, 1987 (Synonym)
- Species Philometra congerivulgaris (Molin, 1859) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 (uncertain, Misidentification)
- Species Philometra fariaslimai Fortes, 1981 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Philometra rajani Mukherjee, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Costa, O. G. (1845). ENTOZOA TROVATO ENTRO LE OVAlE DELL' URANCOSCOPUS SCABER. <em>Ann. Accad. Aspiranti Nat. Napoli.</em> 4 (1845-45), 760-80. [details]
Nemys eds. (2024). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra Costa, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22918 on 2024-08-09
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Costa, O. G. (1845). ENTOZOA TROVATO ENTRO LE OVAlE DELL' URANCOSCOPUS SCABER. <em>Ann. Accad. Aspiranti Nat. Napoli.</em> 4 (1845-45), 760-80. [details]
taxonomy source Negreiros, L. P.; Tavares-Dias, M.; Elisei, C.; Tavares, L. E.; Pereira, F. B. (2018). First description of the male of Philometroides acreanensis and phylogenetic assessment of Philometridae (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) suggest instability of some taxa. <em>Parasitology International.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.10.010 [details]
basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details]
additional source Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. <em>Academia, Praha.</em> 635 pp. [details]
redescription Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. <em>Academia, Prague.</em> 601 pp. [details]
identification resource Moravec, F.; Cutmore, S. C.; Yong, R. Q.-Y. (2018). Redescription of Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) (Nematoda: Philometridae) parasitic in the abdominal cavity of the blackspotted puffer Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) off Australia and Japan. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9806-0 [details]
identification resource Moravec, F.; Mizher, J. A.; Ali, A. H. (2021). Records of two gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from marine fishes off Iraq, including the description of Philometra parabrevicollis n. sp. from the bigeye snapper Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch (Pisces, Lutjanidae). <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09988-y [details]
identification resource Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. <em>Academia, Praha.</em> 635 pp.
note: Key to all species [details]
taxonomy source Negreiros, L. P.; Tavares-Dias, M.; Elisei, C.; Tavares, L. E.; Pereira, F. B. (2018). First description of the male of Philometroides acreanensis and phylogenetic assessment of Philometridae (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) suggest instability of some taxa. <em>Parasitology International.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.10.010 [details]
basis of record Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x. [details]
additional source Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. <em>Academia, Praha.</em> 635 pp. [details]
redescription Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. <em>Academia, Prague.</em> 601 pp. [details]
identification resource Moravec, F.; Cutmore, S. C.; Yong, R. Q.-Y. (2018). Redescription of Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) (Nematoda: Philometridae) parasitic in the abdominal cavity of the blackspotted puffer Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) off Australia and Japan. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9806-0 [details]
identification resource Moravec, F.; Mizher, J. A.; Ali, A. H. (2021). Records of two gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) from marine fishes off Iraq, including the description of Philometra parabrevicollis n. sp. from the bigeye snapper Lutjanus lutjanus Bloch (Pisces, Lutjanidae). <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09988-y [details]
identification resource Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. <em>Academia, Praha.</em> 635 pp.
note: Key to all species [details]
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