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Rhabdochona papuanensis

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Rhabdochona papuanensis
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R. papuanensis
Binomial name
Rhabdochona papuanensis
Moravec et al. 2008

Rhabdochona papuanensis is a species of nematode parasite.[1] It parasitises freshwater fishes from Papua New Guinea, particularly Glossamia gjellerupi and Melanotaenia affinis.

Description

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Rhabdochona papuanensis differs from its congeners in having hammer-shaped deirids.

This type of parasite is more host specific than other parasites. It is the first species, in its family, to be known of parasitizing Atheriniformes fish.[1] In research from Moravec et al. (2008) Rhabdochona papuanensis is one of the first species of its kind to be recorded in the Australian zoogeographical region.

References

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  1. ^ a b Moravec F, Ríha M, Kuchta R (June 2008). "Two new nematode species, Paragendria papuanensis sp. n. (Seuratoidea) and Rhabdochona papuanensis sp. n. (Thelazioidea), from freshwater fishes in Papua New Guinea". Folia Parasitologica. 55 (2): 127–35. doi:10.14411/fp.2008.017. PMID 18666416.