| a new gonad-infecting species of philometra (nematoda: philometridae) from the atlantic spanish mackerel scomberomorus maculatus (scombridae) off the atlantic coast of florida and south carolina. | a new nematode species, philometra atlantica n. sp. (philometridae), is described from male and female specimens found in the ovary of the atlantic spanish mackerel, scomberomorus maculatus (mitchill) (scombridae, perciformes), off the atlantic coast of florida and south carolina. based on light and scanning electron microscopy examination, the new species differs from most other gonad-infecting philometra spp. in the length of spicules (111-126 μm), number and arrangement of genital papillae, a ... | 2013 | 23066819 |