Ascarophisnema
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| Ascarophisnema | |
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| Ascarophisnema tridentatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Cystidicolidae |
| Genus: | Ascarophisnema Moravec & Justine, 2010 |
| Species: | A. tridentatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ascarophisnema tridentatum Moravec & Justine, 2010 | |
Ascarophisnema is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Ascarophisnema are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of fish. [1][2] According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus currently (2019) includes a single species, Ascarophisnema tridentatum.[2]
