• DOI:10.1007/s004360050045
• Corpus ID: 24096526

Pseudocapillaria (Ichthyocapillaria) ophisterni sp. n. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from the swamp-eel Ophisternon aenigmaticum (Pisces) in Mexico

@article{Moravec2000PseudocapillariaO,
  title={Pseudocapillaria (Ichthyocapillaria) ophisterni sp. n. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from the swamp-eel Ophisternon aenigmaticum (Pisces) in Mexico},
  author={Franti{\vs}ek Moravec and Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado and Isabel Jim{\'e}nez-Garc{\'i}a},
  journal={Parasitology Research},
  year={2000},
  volume={86},
  pages={290-293}
}

• F. Moravec, G. Salgado-Maldonado, I. Jiménez-García
• Published 17 March 2000
• Biology
• Parasitology Research

Abstract A new nematode species, Pseudocapillaria ophisterni sp. n., is described from the intestine and rarely from the stomach of the swamp-eel, Ophisternon aenigmaticum Rosen et Greenwood, from Catemaco Lake, Veracruz, Mexico. In having both caudal lobes in the male interconnected by a distinct dorsal membrane, it belongs to the subgenus Ichthyocapillaria. It differs from the three species in this subgenus mainly in possessing either a distinctly longer spicule or a smaller length of oesophagus relative to body length. It also differs in host type and geographical distribution. P. ophisterni is the first capillariid species reported from synbranchiform fishes.