Anguillicoloides papernai[1] is a parasitic nematode worm that lives in the swimbladders of eels, particularly Anguilla mossambica. Specimens have been located in Cape Province, South Africa. It is named after Dr. Ilan Paperna. What differentiates this species from its congeners is the presence of marked cuticular excrescences on the anterior and posterior ends of the body and the location of the buccal capsule deeply inside the head end. This species was the first Anguillicola member described from Africa.[citation needed]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Order: | Camallanida |
| Family: | Dracunculidae |
| Genus: | Anguillicoloides |
| Species: | A. papernai
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| Anguillicoloides papernai Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988
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Anguillicola papernai | |
The state of being colonized by Anguillicola nematodes is termed anguillicolosis.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Moravec, F., and H. Taraschewski. "Revision of the genus Anguillicola Yamaguti, 1935 (Nematoda: Anguillicolidae) of the swimbladder of eels, including descriptions of two new species, A. novaezelandiae sp. n. and A. papernai sp. n." Folia Parasitol 35 (1988): 125-146.
Further reading
edit- Kennedy, C. R. (1993). Introductions, spread and colonization of new localities by fish helminth and crustacean parasites in the British Isles: a perspective and appraisal. Journal of Fish Biology, 43: 287–301.
- Koops, H., & Hartmann, F. (1989). Anguillicola infestations in Germany and in German eel imports. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 1: 41–45.
- Laetsch DR, Heitlinger EG, Taraschewski H, Nadler SA, Blaxter ML (2012). "The phylogenetics of Anguillicolidae (Nematoda: Anguillicoloidea), swimbladder parasites of eels". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12: 60. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-60. PMC 3503875. PMID 22559142.