Rhabdochona papuanensis
| Rhabdochona papuanensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Thelaziidae |
| Genus: | Rhabdochona |
| Species: | R. papuanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhabdochona papuanensis Moravec et al. 2008 | |
Rhabdochona papuanensis is a species of nematode parasite.[1] It parasitises freshwater fishes from Papua New Guinea, particularly Glossamia gjellerupi and Melanotaenia affinis.
Description
Rhabdochona papuanensis differs from its congeners in having hammer-shaped deirids.
This type of parasite is more host specific than other parasites. It is the first species, in its family, to be known of parasitizing Atheriniformes fish.[1] In research from Moravec et al. (2008) Rhabdochona papuanensis is one of the first species of its kind to be recorded in the Australian zoogeographical region.
References
- 1 2 Moravec F, Ríha M, Kuchta R (June 2008). "Two new nematode species, Paragendria papuanensis sp. n. (Seuratoidea) and Rhabdochona papuanensis sp. n. (Thelazioidea), from freshwater fishes in Papua New Guinea". Folia Parasitologica. 55 (2): 127–35. doi:10.14411/fp.2008.017. PMID 18666416.