DAO 57:173-175(2003)  -  doi: 10.3354/dao057173

First record of Huffmanela schouteni (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae), a histozoic parasite of flyingfishes, in Europe

Frantisek Moravec1,*, Fulvio Garibaldi2

1Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovská 31, 37005 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic 2Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse (DIP.TE.RIS), Laboratori di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Animale, Università di Genova, Viale Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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ABSTRACT: Examination of 3 specimens of the Mediterranean flyingfish Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque) from the Ligurian Sea, Italy, revealed the presence of numerous, dark-shelled trichinelloid eggs (69 to 75 × 30 to 33 µm) inside the innermost layer of the swimbladder, mostly located in clumps arranged in a distinct pattern. These were identified as Huffmanela schouteni Moravec et Campbell, 1991, a species known so far as eggs in flyingfishes and in the stools of humans in Curaçao. This is the first finding of this parasite in Europe and C. heterurus represents a new host record.


KEY WORDS: Parasitic nematode · Tissue parasite · Huffmanela · Marine fish · Cheilopogon · Ligurian Sea · Italy


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Published in DAO Vol. 57, No. 1-2. Publication date: December 03, 2003
Print ISSN: 0177-5103; Online ISSN: 1616-1580
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