2014/02/28 by Jean‐Lou Justine, Takashi Iwaki · 4 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Marine Ecology and Invasive Species #Marine Biology and Ecology Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.14411/fp.2014.029
openalex publication_date 2014/02/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Huffmanela hamo sp. n. is described from eggs only, which were found in black spots in the somatic musculature of a dagger-tooth pike conger, Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål), caught off Japan. The eggs are 66-77 microm (mean 72 microm) in length and 33-38 microm (mean 35 microm) in width. The surface of the eggs is smooth and bears neither envelope nor filaments. The species is distinguished from other members of the genus by the dimensions of its eggs and the characteristics of their surface. This is the first species of Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 to be described from an anguilliform fish, and the twentieth nominal species in the genus. Similar black spots with eggs were reported four times in ten years from this fish caught off Japan; although eggs could not be examined, it is likely that the same species was involved in all cases.