Philometra lethrini explained

Philometra lethrini is a species of parasitic nematode of fishes, first found off New Caledonia in the South Pacific, in the gonads of Lethrinus genivittatus.^[1] This species is characterized mainly by: length of spicules and length and structure of its gubernaculum, structure of male caudal end, body size, location in host and types of hosts.

Further reading

• Philometra spicarae sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the abdominal cavity of the marine fish (picarel) Spicara smaris (Centracanthidae) off Sicily, Italy. 2010. Moravec. František. Gaglio. Gabriella. Giannetto. Salvatore. Marino. Fabio. Parasitology Research. 107. 2. 399–402. 10.1007/s00436-010-1877-z. 20428890. 29467296.
• Two new gonad-infecting Philometra species (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the marine fish Lutjanus vitta (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) off New Caledonia. 2011. Moravec. František. Justine. Jean-Lou. Folia Parasitologica. 58. 4. 302–310. 10.14411/fp.2011.030. free. 22263311.

Notes and References

1. Moravec. František. Justine. Jean-Lou. Some philometrid nematodes (Philometridae), including four new species of Philometra, from marine fishes off New Caledonia. Acta Parasitologica. 53. 4. 2008. 1896-1851. 10.2478/s11686-008-0050-7. 8205734 . free.