Philometra globiceps Rud., 1819

Tepe, Yahya & Oğuz, Mehmet Cemal, 2013, Nematode and acanthocephalan parasites of marine fish of the eastern Black Sea coasts of Turkey, Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (6), pp. 753-760 : 758

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3906/zoo-1206-18
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/134887FF-CA4F-3A68-7FB0-FB68FECEF9FA
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scientific name	Philometra globiceps Rud., 1819
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Philometra globiceps Rud., 1819 View in CoL

Syn: Filaria globiceps Rud., 1819 ; Philometra retricaudata Costa, 1845

Host: Uranoscopus scaber , Trachurus mediterraneus

Infection site: intestine

Philometra sp. is the ninth nematode reported from marine fish of the Mediterranean Sea ( Moravec et al., 2006). This species was reported around the Bulgarian coasts of the Black Sea in Ophidion rochei View in CoL by Dimitrov (1989) and in the Atlantic Ocean in Uranoscopus scaber View in CoL by Sey (1970b).