Rasheedia heptacanthi

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Rasheedia heptacanthi
Rasheedia heptacanthi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Physalopteridae
Genus: Rasheedia
Species:
R. heptacanthi
Binomial name
Rasheedia heptacanthi
Moravec & Justine, 2018

Rasheedia heptacanthi is a parasitic nematode in the genus Rasheedia.[1]

The species is an intestinal parasite of the Cinnabar goatfish Parupeneus heptacanthus (Mullidae) and Dentex fourmanoiri (Sparidae) off New Caledonia.[1]

The two species Rasheedia heptacanthi and Rasheedia novaecaledoniensis, which both occur in New Caledonian waters, are mainly differentiated by the number of anterior protrusible oesophageal lobes (two in R. heptacanthi and four in R. novaecaledoniensis), structure of the oesophagus and the lengths of their spicules.[1]

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