WoRMS taxon details
Philometra cephalus Ramachandran, 1975
734601 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:734601)
accepted
Species
marine
Ramachandran, P. (1975). Philometra cephalus sp. n. infecting the gonads of striped mullet, Mugil cephalus L., from the Arabian coast of Kerala, India, with note on its pathology. <em>Zool. Anz.,.</em> 194: 140–144. [details]
Taxonomy Radhakrishnan et al. (2010) indicate that this species is synonymous with P. lateolabracis, but continue ot use the name.
Taxonomy Radhakrishnan et al. (2010) indicate that this species is synonymous with P. lateolabracis, but continue ot use the name. [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra cephalus Ramachandran, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=734601 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Ramachandran, P. (1975). Philometra cephalus sp. n. infecting the gonads of striped mullet, Mugil cephalus L., from the Arabian coast of Kerala, India, with note on its pathology. <em>Zool. Anz.,.</em> 194: 140–144. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. <em>Academia, Praha.</em> 635 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Radhakrishnan et al. (2010) indicate that this species is synonymous with P. lateolabracis, but continue ot use the name. [details]
