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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
Sanguinofilaria Yamaguti, 1935 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Thwaitia Rasheed, 1963 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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  1. Subgenus Philometra (Ranjhinema) Rasheed, 1963
    1. Species Philometra (Ranjhinema) beninensis Obiekezie, 1986 represented as Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986
    2. Species Philometra (Ranjhinema) polynemii Raasheed, 1963 represented as Philometra polynemii Rasheed, 1963
    3. Species Philometra (Ranjhinema) salgadoi Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995 represented as Philometra salgadoi Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995
  2. Species Philometra aenei Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016
  3. Species Philometra aequispiculata Moravec, Bakenhaster, Seyoum & Tringali, 2021
  4. Species Philometra andersoni Moravec, Bakenhaster & Switzer, 2020
  5. Species Philometra arabiensis Moravec, Fazaa, Ali & Saud, 2022
  6. Species Philometra arafurensis Moravec & Barton, 2018
  7. Species Philometra argentimaculati Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
  8. Species Philometra atlantica Moravec, Bakenhaster & de Buron, 2013
  9. Species Philometra australiensis Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  10. Species Philometra austropacifica Moravec & Justine, 2014
  11. Species Philometra bagri (Khalil, 1965) Moravec & Nagasawa, 1989
  12. Species Philometra balistii (Rasheed, 1963) Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995
  13. Species Philometra barbata Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
  14. Species Philometra barnesi Moravec & Diggles, 2015
  15. Species Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986
  16. Species Philometra biglobocerca Belous, 1965
  17. Species Philometra brachiri Moravec & Ali, 2014
  18. Species Philometra brevicollis Moravec & Justine, 2011
  19. Species Philometra brevispicula Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2010
  20. Species Philometra carangis Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  21. Species Philometra carolinensis Moravec, de Buron & Roumillat, 2006
  22. Species Philometra carponotati Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  23. Species Philometra cephalopholidis Moravec & Justine, 2015
  24. Species Philometra cephalus Ramachandran, 1975
  25. Species Philometra charlestonensis Moravec, de Buron, Baker & González-Solís, 2008
  26. Species Philometra cheilopogoni Mordvinova, 1986
  27. Species Philometra clavaeceps Dogiel & Akhmerov, 1959
  28. Species Philometra consimilis Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2021
  29. Species Philometra coreii Yu & Wang, 1997
  30. Species Philometra cryptocentri Yamaguti, 1961
  31. Species Philometra cyanopodi Moravec & Justine, 2008
  32. Species Philometra cylindracea (Ward & Magath, 1917) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
  33. Species Philometra cynoscionis Moravec, de Buron & Roumillat, 2006
  34. Species Philometra cyprinirutili (Creplin, 1825) Moravec, 2004
  35. Species Philometra damriyasai Dewi & Palm, 2017
  36. Species Philometra deburonae Moravec, Bakenhaster & Adams, 2016
  37. Species Philometra dentigubernaculata Moravec & Justine, 2009
  38. Species Philometra diplectri Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2010
  39. Species Philometra dispar Moravec, Gey & Justine, 2016
  40. Species Philometra dissimilis Moravec & Manoharan, 2016
  41. Species Philometra draco Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
  42. Species Philometra epinepheli Dewi & Palm, 2013
  43. Species Philometra fasciati Moravec & Justine, 2008
  44. Species Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
  45. Species Philometra floridensis Moravec, Fajer-Ávila & Bakenhaster, 2010
  46. Species Philometra fulvi Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
  47. Species Philometra fusca (Rudolphi, 1819) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
  48. Species Philometra genypteri Moravec, Chávez & Oliva, 2011
  49. Species Philometra gerrei Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
  50. Species Philometra globiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1916
  51. Species Philometra gobioboti Yu & Wang, 1997
  52. Species Philometra gracilis Moravec & Barton, 2016
  53. Species Philometra gymnosardae Moravec, Lorber & Konečný, 2007
  54. Species Philometra gymnothoracis Moravec & de Buron, 2009
  55. Species Philometra haemulontis Moravec, Bakenhaster & Switzer, 2020
  56. Species Philometra hyderabadensis Rasheed, 1963
  57. Species Philometra hyporthodi Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2013
  58. Species Philometra incognita Moravec, Bakenhaster & Adams, 2016
  59. Species Philometra inconveniens Moravec, Barton & Shamsi, 2021
  60. Species Philometra indica Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
  61. Species Philometra inexpectata Moravec, Chaabane, Justine & Neifar, 2016
  62. Species Philometra inimici Yamaguti, 1941
  63. Species Philometra iraqiensis Moravec, Ali, Abed & Shaker, 2016
  64. Species Philometra isaki Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
  65. Species Philometra ivaschkini Parukhin, 1976
  66. Species Philometra javaensis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
  67. Species Philometra johnii Moravec & Ali, 2013
  68. Species Philometra jordanoi (López-Neyra, 1951) Yamaguti, 1941
  69. Species Philometra justinei Moravec, Ternengo & Levron, 2006
  70. Species Philometra karunensis Pazooki & Molnár, 1998
  71. Species Philometra katsuwoni Petter & Baudin-Laurencin, 1986
  72. Species Philometra kidakoi Moravec, Nagasawa, Nitta & Tawa, 2019
  73. Species Philometra kobuleji Molnár & Fernando, 1975
  74. Species Philometra kohnae Moravec & Rohde, 1992
  75. Species Philometra kotlani (Molnár, 1969) Moravec, 1971
  76. Species Philometra lagocephali Moravec & Justine, 2008
  77. Species Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
  78. Species Philometra lati Moravec, Charo-Karisa & Jirků, 2009
  79. Species Philometra latispicula Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
  80. Species Philometra lethrini Moravec & Justine, 2008
  81. Species Philometra lobotidis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
  82. Species Philometra lomi Moravec & Rohde, 1992
  83. Species Philometra longa Moravec, Barton & Shamsi, 2021
  84. Species Philometra longispicula Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
  85. Species Philometra lopholatili Moravec & Bakenhaster, 2013
  86. Species Philometra macroandri (Shchepkina, 1978) Petter & Baudin-Laurencin, 1986
  87. Species Philometra macrochiri Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  88. Species Philometra macronesi (Shendge & Deshmukh, 1977) Moravec, 2006
  89. Species Philometra madai Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
  90. Species Philometra managatuwo Yamaguti, 1941
  91. Species Philometra margolisi Moravec, Vidal-Martínez & Aguirre-Macedo, 1995
  92. Species Philometra mawsonae Moravec & Barton, 2018
  93. Species Philometra megalaspidis Moravec, Ali, Abed & Shaker, 2016
  94. Species Philometra mexicana Moravec & Salgado-Maldonado, 2007
  95. Species Philometra mira Moravec & Justine, 2011
  96. Species Philometra mirabilis Moravec & Diggles, 2015
  97. Species Philometra morii Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2010
  98. Species Philometra nattereri Cárdenas, Moravec, Fernandes & Morais, 2012
  99. Species Philometra nemipteri Luo, 2001
  100. Species Philometra neptomeni Mateo, 1972
  101. Species Philometra nibeae Moravec, Fazaa, Ali & Saud, 2023
  102. Species Philometra notatae Moravec, Bakenhaster, Seyoum & Tringali, 2021
  103. Species Philometra obladae Moravec, Gaglio, Panebianco & Giannetto, 2008
  104. Species Philometra obturans (Prenant, 1886) Skrjabin, Shikhobalova, Sobolev, Paramanov & Sudarikov, 1954
  105. Species Philometra ocularis Moravec, Ogawa, Suzuki, Miyazaki & Donai, 2002
  106. Species Philometra onchorhynchi Kuitinen-Ekbaum, 1933
  107. Species Philometra ophisterni Moravec, Salgado-Maldonado & Aguilar-Aguilar, 2002
  108. Species Philometra opsalichthydis Yamaguti, 1935
  109. Species Philometra orbitalensis Moravec, Crosby, de Buron, González-Solis & Roumillat, 2008
  110. Species Philometra oreoleucisci Moravec & Ergens, 1970
  111. Species Philometra ostorhinchi Moravec & Ogawa, 2019
  112. Species Philometra otolithi Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
  113. Species Philometra ovata (Zeder, 1803) Skrjabin, 1923
  114. Species Philometra overstreeti Moravec & de Buron, 2006
  115. Species Philometra papillicaudata Moravec & Barton, 2018
  116. Species Philometra parabrevicollis Moravec, Mizher & Ali, 2021
  117. Species Philometra parasiluri Yamaguti, 1935
  118. Species Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926
  119. Species Philometra percalates Johnston & Mawson, 1940
  120. Species Philometra pinnicola (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
  121. Species Philometra piscaria Moravec & Justine, 2014
  122. Species Philometra plotosi Moravec & Nagasawa, 1989
  123. Species Philometra poblana Caspeta-Mandujano, Granados Ramírez & Peralta-Rodrígues, 2009
  124. Species Philometra polynemii Rasheed, 1963
  125. Species Philometra priacanthi Moravec & Justine, 2009
  126. Species Philometra protonibeae Moravec & Barton, 2015
  127. Species Philometra psettoditis Moravec, Walter & Yuniar, 2012
  128. Species Philometra rachycentri Parukhin, 1984
  129. Species Philometra radiata Ghanmi, González-Solís & Gargouri, 2018
  130. Species Philometra rara Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2017
  131. Species Philometra rasheedae Garg, 1983
  132. Species Philometra rischta Skrjabin, 1923
  133. Species Philometra rubra (Leidy, 1856) Yamaguti, 1961
  134. Species Philometra salgadoi Vidal-Martínez, Aguirre-Macedo & Moravec, 1995
  135. Species Philometra saltatrix Ramachandran, 1973
  136. Species Philometra sanguinea (Rudolphi, 1819)
  137. Species Philometra sawara Quiazon, Yoshinaga & Ogawa, 2008
  138. Species Philometra sciaenae Yamaguti, 1941
  139. Species Philometra scomberesocis Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964
  140. Species Philometra scomberomori (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941
  141. Species Philometra sebastisci Yamaguti, 1941
  142. Species Philometra sebastodis Yamaguti, 1941
  143. Species Philometra selaris Moravec & Justine, 2014
  144. Species Philometra serranellicabrillae Janiszewska, 1949
  145. Species Philometra spari Yamaguti, 1961
  146. Species Philometra sphyraenae Moravec & Manoharan, 2013
  147. Species Philometra spicarae Moravec, Gaglio, Giannetto & Marino, 2010
  148. Species Philometra spiriformis Moravec, Charo-Karisa & Jirků, 2009
  149. Species Philometra strongylurae Moravec & Ali, 2005
  150. Species Philometra sydneyi Rasheed, 1963
  151. Species Philometra synagridis Moravec, Bakenhaster & Fajer-Ávila, 2014
  152. Species Philometra tauridica Ivashkin, Naidenova, Kovaleva & Khromova, 1971
  153. Species Philometra tayeni Moravec, Fazaa, Ali & Saud, 2023
  154. Species Philometra tenuicauda Moravec & Justine, 2009
  155. Species Philometra tenuis Moravec & Ogawa, 2019
  156. Species Philometra terapontis Moravec, Gopalakrishnan, Rajkumar, Saravanakumar & Kaliyamoorthy, 2011
  157. Species Philometra thaiensis Moravec, Fiala & Dyková, 2004
  158. Species Philometra translucida Walton, 1927
  159. Species Philometra tricornuta Moravec & Ali, 2014
  160. Species Philometra tropica Moravec & Manoharan, 2014
  161. Species Philometra tunisiensis Moravec, Chaabane, Neifar, Gey & Justine, 2016
  162. Species Philometra tylosuri Moravec & Ali, 2005
  163. Species Philometra zabidii Moravec & Diggles, 2014
  164. Species Philometra centropomi Caballero, 1974 accepted as Spirophilometra centropomi (Caballero, 1974) Moravec, Santana-Piñeros, González-Solís & Torres-Huerta, 2007
  165. Species Philometra grayi (Gemmill & Linstow, 1902) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 accepted as Echinomermella grayi (Gemmill, 1902) Chitwood, 1933 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  166. Species Philometra neolateolabracis Rajyalakshmi, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari, 1985 accepted as Philometra sciaenae Yamaguti, 1941 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  167. Species Philometra robusta Moravec, Möller & Heeger, 1992 accepted as Philometra pellucida (Jägerskiöld, 1893) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 (Synonym )
  168. Species Philometra spinosa Vo, 2010 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Published in a thesis.)
  169. Species Philometra suraiyae Kalyankar, 1971 accepted as Philometra hyderabadensis Rasheed, 1963 (Synonym)
  170. Species Philometra acipenseris (Del Lupo, 1898) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  171. Species Philometra baylisi Vaz & Pereira, 1934 (uncertain, Allocation to Philometra is uncertain (Moravec 2006).)
  172. Species Philometra channai Lakhsmi, Rao & Shyamasunari, 1985 (uncertain, Misidentification)
  173. Species Philometra congerivulgaris (Molin, 1859) Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 (uncertain, Misidentification)
  174. Species Philometra congolensis Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1937 (uncertain, Misidentification)
  175. Species Philometra fariaslimai Fortes, 1981 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  176. Species Philometra rajani Mukherjee, 1963 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  177. Species Philometra waltairensis Lakshmi, 2000 (uncertain, Misidentification)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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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 through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22918 on 2025-05-27
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Philometra Costa, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22918 on 2025-05-27
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, David

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

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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