| a new species of philometra (nematoda: philometridae) from the sand perch diplectrum formosum (serranidae) off florida, northern gulf of mexico. | a new nematode species, philometra diplectri n. sp. (philometridae), is described from male and female specimens found in unidentified tissues of head and anterior trunk (males) and subcutaneously in the mouth and under the operculum (females) of sand perch, diplectrum formosum (linnaeus) (serranidae, perciformes), from the northern gulf of mexico off florida (florida middle grounds). based on light and scanning electron microscopy examination, the new species differs from other congeners parasi ... | 2010 | 20950107 |