| two new species of philometra (nematoda: philometridae) from needlefishes (belonidae) in iraq, with a key to philometra spp. parasitic in the host's subcutaneous tissue, fins and musculature. | two new nematode species, philometra strongylurae sp. n. and philometra tylosuri sp. n., are described from female specimens collected from needlefishes (belonidae, beloniformes) off the fao coast, basrah, persian gulf, in iraq. philometra strongylurae (gravid females with larvae) was recorded from the subcutaneous tissue, muscles of beak and gills of strongylura leiura (type host) and s. strongylura, whereas p. tylosuri (nongravid females) from the musculature and the subcutaneous tissue of tyl ... | 2005 | 16270808 |