WoRMS taxon details
Caranginema Moravec, Montoya-Mendoza & Salgado-Maldonado, 2008
990564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:990564)
accepted
Genus
Caranginema americanum Moravec, Montoya-Mendoza & Salgado-Maldonado, 2008 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
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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Type locality contained in Mexican part of the Gulf of Mexico
type locality contained in Mexican part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Nemys eds. (2026). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Caranginema Moravec, Montoya-Mendoza & Salgado-Maldonado, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=990564 on 2026-06-04
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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 [request]
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redescription
Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. <em>Academia, Praha.</em> 635 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
