Philometra lethrini
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| taxon = Philometra lethrini
| authority = Moravec & Justine, 2008
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Philometra lethrini is a species of parasitic nematode of fishes, first found off New Caledonia in the South Pacific, in the gonads of Lethrinus genivittatus.{{cite journal|last1=Moravec|first1=František|last2=Justine|first2=Jean-Lou|title=Some philometrid nematodes (Philometridae), including four new species of Philometra, from marine fishes off New Caledonia|journal=Acta Parasitologica|volume=53|issue=4|year=2008|issn=1896-1851|doi=10.2478/s11686-008-0050-7|s2cid=8205734 |doi-access=free}} This species is characterized mainly by: length of spicules and length and structure of its gubernaculum, structure of male caudal end, body size, location in host and types of hosts.
File:Lethrinus genivittatus JNC2640.JPG is the host of Philometra lethrini]]
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Further reading
- {{cite journal| title=Philometra spicarae sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the abdominal cavity of the marine fish (picarel) Spicara smaris (Centracanthidae) off Sicily, Italy| date=2010| last1=Moravec| first1=František| last2=Gaglio| first2=Gabriella| last3=Giannetto| first3=Salvatore| last4=Marino| first4=Fabio| journal=Parasitology Research| volume=107| issue=2| pages=399–402| doi=10.1007/s00436-010-1877-z| pmid=20428890| s2cid=29467296}}
- {{cite journal| title=Two new gonad-infecting Philometra species (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the marine fish Lutjanus vitta (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) off New Caledonia| date=2011| last1=Moravec| first1=František| last2=Justine| first2=Jean-Lou| journal=Folia Parasitologica| volume=58| issue=4| pages=302–310| doi=10.14411/fp.2011.030| doi-access=free| pmid=22263311}}
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Category:Parasitic nematodes of fish
Category:Nematodes described in 2008
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