Nemys taxon details

Philometra Costa, 1845

22918  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22918)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Chromadorea (Class)
  5. Chromadoria (Subclass)
  6. Rhabditida (Order)
  7. Spirurina (Suborder)
  8. Spirurina incertae sedis (Infraorder)
  9. Dracunculoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Philometridae (Family)
  11. Philometrinae (Subfamily)
  12. Philometra (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Ichthyonema Diesing, 1861 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Sanguinofilaria Yamaguti, 1935 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Thwaitia Rasheed, 1963 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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  1. Species Philometra aenei Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016
  2. Species Philometra aequispiculata Moravec, Bakenhaster, Seyoum & Tringali, 2021
  3. Species Philometra andersoni Moravec, Bakenhaster & Switzer, 2020
  4. Species Philometra arafurensis Moravec & Barton, 2018
  5. Species Philometra argentimaculati Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
  6. Species Philometra atlantica Moravec, Bakenhaster & de Buron, 2013
  7. Species Philometra australiensis Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  8. Species Philometra austropacifica Moravec & Justine, 2014
  9. Species Philometra bagri (Khalil, 1965) Moravec & Nagasawa, 1989
  10. Species Philometra balistii (Rasheed, 1963) Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995
  11. Species Philometra barbata Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
  12. Species Philometra barnesi Moravec & Diggles, 2015
  13. Species Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986
  14. Species Philometra biglobocerca Belous, 1965
  15. Species Philometra brachiri Moravec & Ali, 2014
  16. Species Philometra brevicollis Moravec & Justine, 2011
  17. Species Philometra brevispicula Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2010
  18. Species Philometra carangis Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  19. Species Philometra carolinensis Moravec, de Buron & Roumillat, 2006
  20. Species Philometra carponotati Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  21. Species Philometra cephalopholidis Moravec & Justine, 2015
  22. Species Philometra cephalus Ramachandran, 1975
  23. Species Philometra charlestonensis Moravec, de Buron, Baker & González-Solís, 2008
  24. Species Philometra clavaeceps Dogiel & Akhmerov, 1959
  25. Species Philometra cryptocentri Yamaguti, 1961
  26. Species Philometra cyanopodi Moravec & Justine, 2008
  27. Species Philometra cylindracea (Ward & Magath, 1917) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
  28. Species Philometra cynoscionis Moravec, de Buron & Roumillat, 2006
  29. Species Philometra cyprinirutili (Creplin, 1825) Moravec, 2004
  30. Species Philometra damriyasai Dewi & Palm, 2017
  31. Species Philometra deburonae Moravec, Bakenhaster & Adams, 2016
  32. Species Philometra dentigubernaculata Moravec & Justine, 2009
  33. Species Philometra diplectri Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2010
  34. Species Philometra dispar Moravec, Gey & Justine, 2016
  35. Species Philometra dissimilis Moravec & Manoharan, 2016
  36. Species Philometra draco Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
  37. Species Philometra epinepheli Dewi & Palm, 2013
  38. Species Philometra fasciati Moravec & Justine, 2008
  39. Species Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
  40. Species Philometra floridensis Moravec, Fajer-Ávila & Bakenhaster, 2010
  41. Species Philometra fulvi Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
  42. Species Philometra fusca (Rudolphi, 1819) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
  43. Species Philometra genypteri Moravec, Chávez & Oliva, 2011
  44. Species Philometra gerrei Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
  45. Species Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1916
  46. Species Philometra gracilis Moravec & Barton, 2016
  47. Species Philometra gymnothoracis Moravec & de Buron, 2009
  48. Species Philometra haemulontis Moravec, Bakenhaster & Switzer, 2020
  49. Species Philometra hyderabadensis Rasheed, 1963
  50. Species Philometra hyporthodi Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2013
  51. Species Philometra incognita Moravec, Bakenhaster & Adams, 2016
  52. Species Philometra inconveniens Moravec, Barton & Shamsi, 2021
  53. Species Philometra indica Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
  54. Species Philometra inexpectata Moravec, Chaabane, Justine & Neifar, 2016
  55. Species Philometra inimici Yamaguti, 1941
  56. Species Philometra iraqiensis Moravec, Ali, Abed & Shaker, 2016
  57. Species Philometra isaki Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
  58. Species Philometra javaensis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
  59. Species Philometra johnii Moravec & Ali, 2013
  60. Species Philometra jordanoi (López-Neyra, 1951) Yamaguti, 1941
  61. Species Philometra justinei Moravec, Ternengo & Levron, 2006
  62. Species Philometra katsuwoni Petter & Baudin-Laurencin, 1986
  63. Species Philometra kidakoi Moravec, Nagasawa, Nitta & Tawa, 2019
  64. Species Philometra kobuleji Molnár & Fernando, 1975
  65. Species Philometra kohnae Moravec & Rohde, 1992
  66. Species Philometra kotlani (Molnár, 1969) Moravec, 1971
  67. Species Philometra lagocephali Moravec & Justine, 2008
  68. Species Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
  69. Species Philometra lati Moravec, Charo-Karisa & Jirků, 2009
  70. Species Philometra latispicula Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
  71. Species Philometra lethrini Moravec & Justine, 2008
  72. Species Philometra lobotidis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
  73. Species Philometra lomi Moravec & Rohde, 1992
  74. Species Philometra longa Moravec, Barton & Shamsi, 2021
  75. Species Philometra longispicula Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
  76. Species Philometra lopholatili Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2013
  77. Species Philometra macroandri (Shchepkina, 1978) Petter & Baudin-Laurencin, 1986
  78. Species Philometra macrochiri Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  79. Species Philometra madai Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
  80. Species Philometra managatuwo Yamaguti, 1941
  81. Species Philometra margolisi Moravec, Vidal-Martínez & Aguirre-Macedo, 1995
  82. Species Philometra mawsonae Moravec & Barton, 2018
  83. Species Philometra megalaspidis Moravec, Ali, Abed & Shaker, 2016
  84. Species Philometra mexicana Moravec & Salgado-Maldonado, 2007
  85. Species Philometra mira Moravec & Justine, 2011
  86. Species Philometra mirabilis Moravec & Diggles, 2015
  87. Species Philometra morii Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2010
  88. Species Philometra nattereri Cárdenas, Moravec, Fernandes & Morais, 2012
  89. Species Philometra nemipteri Luo, 2001
  90. Species Philometra neptomeni Mateo, 1972
  91. Species Philometra notatae Moravec, Bakenhaster, Seyoum & Tringali, 2021
  92. Species Philometra obladae Moravec, Gaglio, Panebianco & Giannetto, 2008
  93. Species Philometra obturans (Prenant, 1886) Skrjabin, Shikhobalova, Sobolev, Paramanov & Sudarikov, 1954
  94. Species Philometra ocularis Moravec, Ogawa, Suzuki, Miyazaki & Donai, 2002
  95. Species Philometra onchorhynchi Kuitinen-Ekbaum, 1933
  96. Species Philometra ophisterni Moravec, Salgado-Maldonado & Aguilar-Aguilar, 2002
  97. Species Philometra oreoleucisci Moravec & Ergens, 1970
  98. Species Philometra ostorhinchi Moravec & Ogawa, 2019
  99. Species Philometra otolithi Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
  100. Species Philometra ovata (Zeder, 1803) Skrjabin, 1923
  101. Species Philometra overstreeti Moravec & de Buron, 2006
  102. Species Philometra papillicaudata Moravec & Barton, 2018
  103. Species Philometra parabrevicollis Moravec, Mizher & Ali, 2021
  104. Species Philometra parasiluri Yamaguti, 1935
  105. Species Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
  106. Species Philometra pinnicola (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
  107. Species Philometra piscaria Moravec & Justine, 2014
  108. Species Philometra plotosi Moravec & Nagasawa, 1989
  109. Species Philometra polynemii Rasheed, 1963
  110. Species Philometra priacanthi Moravec & Justine, 2009
  111. Species Philometra protonibeae Moravec & Barton, 2015
  112. Species Philometra psettoditis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
  113. Species Philometra radiata Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
  114. Species Philometra rara Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2017
  115. Species Philometra rischta Skrjabin, 1923
  116. Species Philometra rubra (Leidy, 1856) Yamaguti, 1961
  117. Species Philometra salgadoi Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995
  118. Species Philometra saltatrix Ramachandran, 1973
  119. Species Philometra sanguinea (Rudolphi, 1819)
  120. Species Philometra sawara Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
  121. Species Philometra sciaenae Yamaguti, 1941
  122. Species Philometra scomberesocis Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964
  123. Species Philometra scomberomori (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
  124. Species Philometra sebastisci Yamaguti, 1941
  125. Species Philometra sebastodis Yamaguti, 1941
  126. Species Philometra selaris Moravec & Justine, 2014
  127. Species Philometra serranellicabrillae Janiszewska, 1949
  128. Species Philometra sphyraenae Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
  129. Species Philometra spicarae Moravec, Gaglio, Giannetto & Marino, 2010
  130. Species Philometra spiriformis Moravec, Charo-Karisa & Jirků, 2009
  131. Species Philometra strongylurae Moravec & Ali, 2005
  132. Species Philometra sydneyi Rasheed, 1963
  133. Species Philometra synagridis Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
  134. Species Philometra tauridica Ivashkin, Naidenova, Kovaleva & Khromova, 1971
  135. Species Philometra tenuicauda Moravec & Justine, 2009
  136. Species Philometra tenuis Moravec & Ogawa, 2019
  137. Species Philometra terapontis Moravec, Gopalakrishnan, Rajkumar, Saravanakumar & Kaliyamoorthy, 2011
  138. Species Philometra thaiensis Moravec, Fiala & Dyková, 2004
  139. Species Philometra translucida Walton, 1927
  140. Species Philometra tricornuta Moravec & Ali, 2014
  141. Species Philometra tropica Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
  142. Species Philometra tunisiensis Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016
  143. Species Philometra tylosuri Moravec & Ali, 2005
  144. Species Philometra zabidii Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  145. Species Philometra abdominalis Nybelin, 1928 accepted as Philometra ovata (Zeder, 1803) Skrjabin, 1923 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  146. Species Philometra abramidis Osmanov, 1964 accepted as Philometra cyprinirutili (Creplin, 1825) Moravec, 2004 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  147. Species Philometra amazonica Travassos, 1960 accepted as Alinema amazonicum (Travassos, 1960) Moravec, Scholz, Dykovà, Kuchgta, Fiala & Kohn, 2006 (Superseded combination)
  148. Species Philometra americana Kuitunen-Ekbaum, 1933 accepted as Clavinema mariae (Layman, 1930) Margolis & Moravec, 1987 (Synonym)
  149. Species Philometra carassii Ishii, 1931 accepted as Philometroides sanguineus (Rudolphi, 1819) Rasheed, 1963 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  150. Species Philometra centropomi Caballero, 1974 accepted as Spirophilometra centropomi (Caballero, 1974) Moravec, Santana-Piñeros, González-Solís & Torres-Huerta, 2007
  151. Species Philometra chilensis Chávez & Oliva, 2011 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Error pro P. genypteri)
  152. Species Philometra grayi (Gemmill & Linstow, 1902) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 accepted as Echinomermella grayi (Gemmill, 1902) Chitwood, 1933 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  153. Species Philometra intestinalis Dogiel & Bychowsky, 1934 accepted as Molnaria intestinalis (Dogiel & Bychowsky, 1934) Moravec, 1968 accepted as Kalmanmolnaria intestinalis (Dogiel & Bychowsky, 1934) Sokolov, 2006 (Superseded combination)
  154. Species Philometra intraoculus Wellborn, 1971 accepted as Philometroides wellborni Moravec, Crosby, de Buron, González-Solis & Roumillat, 2008 (Invalid name - Moravec (2006).)
  155. Species Philometra leucisci Agapova, 1963 accepted as Kalmanmolnaria intestinalis (Dogiel & Bychowsky, 1934) Sokolov, 2006 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  156. Species Philometra lusiana Vismanis, 1966 accepted as Philometroides cyprini (Ishii, 1931) Nakajima, 1970 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  157. Species Philometra lusii Visman, 1962 accepted as Philometroides cyprini (Ishii, 1931) Nakajima, 1970 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  158. Species Philometra mariae Layman, 1930 accepted as Clavinema mariae (Layman, 1930) Margolis & Moravec, 1987 (Superseded combination)
  159. Species Philometra masu Fujita, 1940 accepted as Philometroides masu (Fujita, 1940) Rasheed, 1963 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  160. Species Philometra neolateolabracis Rajyalakshmi, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985 accepted as Philometra sciaenae Yamaguti, 1941 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  161. Species Philometra opercularis Nybelin, 1933 accepted as Philometra rischta Skrjabin, 1923 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  162. Species Philometra philippinensis Quiazon & Yoshinaga, 2013 accepted as Barracudia philippinensis (Quiazon & Yoshinaga, 2013) Moravec & Shamsi, 2017 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  163. Species Philometra plectroplites Johnston & Mawson, 1940 accepted as Philometroides plectroplites (Johnstom & Mawson, 1940) Rasheed, 1963 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  164. Species Philometra recticaudata Costa, 1845 accepted as Philometra reticulatum Costa, 1845 accepted as Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1916 (Lapsus)
  165. Species Philometra reticulatum Costa, 1845 accepted as Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1916 (Synonym )
  166. Species Philometra robusta Moravec, Möller & Heeger, 1992 accepted as Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 (Synonym )
  167. Species Philometra schikhobalowae Belous, 1965 accepted as Philometroides cyprini (Ishii, 1931) Nakajima, 1970 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  168. Species Philometra seriolellae Matero, 1982 accepted as Philometra neptomeni Mateo, 1972 (Synonym)
  169. Species Philometra suraiyae Kalyankar, 1971 accepted as Philometra hyderabadensis Rasheed, 1963 (Synonym)
  170. Species Philometra taurica accepted as Philometra tauridica Ivashkin, Naidenova, Kovaleva & Khromova, 1971 (Lapsus for tauridica)
  171. Species Philometra trilabiata Belous, 1965 accepted as Philometroides sanguineus (Rudolphi, 1819) Rasheed, 1963 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  172. Species Philometra zebrini Yamaguti, 1961 accepted as Clavinema mariae (Layman, 1930) Margolis & Moravec, 1987 (Synonym)
  173. Species Philometra baylisi Vaz & Pereira, 1934 (uncertain, Allocation to Philometra is uncertain (Moravec 2006).)
  174. Species Philometra congerivulgaris (Molin, 1859) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 (uncertain, Misidentification)
  175. Species Philometra fariaslimai Fortes, 1981 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  176. Species Philometra rajani Mukherjee, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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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] 
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra Costa, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22918 on 2025-04-16
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original description 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] 

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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.
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