Infected tissues were fixed in buffered formalin for pathological investigations. Different species-specific markers (small subunit ribosomal DNA, 18S large subunit ribosomal DNA, 28S internal transcribed spacer, ITS) were used for molecular identification and phylogenetic study of the new species. Nematode eggs with varying degrees of development were separated from the infected tissues (ovary and tunica serosa of stomach) and investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. Molecular identification and pathological examination of the lesions caused by the new species are also reported. The new species differs from Huffmanela hamo, another species reported from musculature of this host in Japan, in egg metrics, eggshell features and targeted organ. nov.), which was found in the form of black spots in the ovary and the tunica serosa of the stomach of the daggertooth pike conger ( Muraenesox cinereus). ![]() ![]() ![]() The purpose of this study was to describe morphologically and morphometrically the eggs of a new marine species of Huffmanela ( Huffmanela persica sp. ![]() The genus Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 (Nematoda, Trichosomoididae, Huffmanelinae), represents a group of nematodes that infect both marine and freshwater fish, and the main gross feature of infection with different species of the genus is the presence of noticeable dark spots or tracks within the parasitized tissues.
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