WoRMS taxon details
Caranginema americanum Moravec, Montoya-Mendoza & Salgado-Maldonado, 2008
990565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:990565)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Moravec, F.; Montoya-Mendoza, J.; Salgado-Maldonado, G. (2008). A New Genus and Species of Philometrid (Nematoda) From the Subcutaneous Tissue of the Crevalle Jack, Caranx hippos (Osteichthyes), From the Southern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 94(6): 1346-1350., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-1577.1 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype IBUNAM 6039
, Type locality contained in Southern Gulf of Mexico
Holotype IBUNAM 6039 [details]
type locality contained in Southern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Caranginema americanum Moravec, Montoya-Mendoza & Salgado-Maldonado, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=990565 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Moravec, F.; Montoya-Mendoza, J.; Salgado-Maldonado, G. (2008). A New Genus and Species of Philometrid (Nematoda) From the Subcutaneous Tissue of the Crevalle Jack, Caranx hippos (Osteichthyes), From the Southern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 94(6): 1346-1350., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-1577.1 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy
redescription
Moravec, F.; Bakenhaster, M. (2010). Philometrid nematodes infecting fishes from the Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, with description of two new species. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 57(3): 213-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2010.028 [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Pereira, F. B.; González-Solís, D. (2022). Review of the parasitic nematodes of marine fishes from off the American continent. <em>Parasitology.</em> 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182022001287 [details]





Holotype IBUNAM 6039 [details]