Nemys - Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986

WoRMS taxon details

Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986

AphiaID

991508 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:991508)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Philometra Costa, 1845

Original name

Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986

Synonymised names

Philometra (Ranjhinema) beninensis Obiekezie, 1986 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Not documented

Type data

Type locality contained in Nigerian part of the Gulf of Guinea

type locality contained in Nigerian part of the Gulf of Guinea [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Philometra beninensis Obiekezie, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=991508 on 2025-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-05-06 19:04:01Z

created

Gibson, David

2023-09-14 20:37:17Z

changed

Gibson, David

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Moravec, F., Walter, T., Yuniar, A. T. (2012). Five new species of philometrid nematodes (Philometridae) from marine fishes off Java, Indonesia. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 59(2): 115–130. [details] Available for editors

[request]

redescription Moravec, F. (2023). Philometrid nematodes parasitic in fishes. <em>Academia, Praha.</em> 635 pp. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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