Host taxa for DRACUNCULINA

Animal Hosts

ACTINOPTERYGII

ANGUILLIDAE

• Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 — Longfin Eel
      Anguillicoloides australiensis (Johnston & Mawson, 1940) [ANGUILLICOLIDAE]
      Philometroides anguillae (Ishii, 1916) [PHILOMETRIDAE]

DIODONTIDAE

• Tragulichthys jaculiferus (Cuvier, 1818) — Longspine Porcupinefish
      Moravecia australiensis Ribu & Lester, 2004 [GUYANEMIDAE]

PERCICHTHYIDAE

• Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) — Golden Perch
      Philometroides plectroplites (Johnston & Mawson, 1940) [PHILOMETRIDAE]
• Macquaria colonorum (Günther, 1863) — Estuary Perch
      Philometra percalates Johnston & Mawson, 1940 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

POLYNEMIDAE

• Eleutheronema tetradactylum Shaw, 1804 — Blue Threadfin
      Philometra rajani Mukherjee, 1963 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

PRIACANTHIDAE

• Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829 — Spotted Bigeye
      Philometra tauridica Ivashkin, Koraleva & Khromova, 1971 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

SCIAENIDAE

• Protonibea diacanthus (Lacépède) — Blackspotted Croaker
      Philometra protonibeae Moravec & Barton, 2015 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

SPARIDAE

• Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) — Yellowfin Bream
      Philometroides sp. Roubal, 1990 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

TERAPONTIDAE

• Eutherapon theraps
      Philometra scomberesoxis Nikolaeva & Naidenova, 1964 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

CHONDRICHTHYES

HETERODONTIDAE

• Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793) — Port Jackson Shark
      Phlyctainophora sp. Beumer et al., 1983 [PHLYCTAINOPHORIDAE]

EUTHERIA

HOMINIDAE

• Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 — Human
      Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) [DRACUNCULIDAE]

PISCES

LUTJANIDAE

• Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792) — Golden Snapper
      Philometra gracilis Moravec & Barton, 2016 [PHILOMETRIDAE]
      Philometroides branchiarum Moravec & Barton, 2016 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

SCIAENIDAE

• Protonibea diacanthus (Lacépède, 1802) — Black Jewfish
      Philometroides stomachicus Moravec & Barton, 2016 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

REPTILIA

BOIDAE

• Liasis fuscus Peters, 1873 — Water Python
      Dracunculus mulbus Jones & Mulder, 2007 [DRACUNCULIDAE]

Ungrouped

• Eleutheronema tetradactylum Shaw — Fourfinger threadfin
      Philometroides eleutheronemae Moravec & Manoharan, 2013 [PHILOMETRIDAE]
• Epinephelus coioides Hamilton — Orange-spotted grouper
      Philometra epinepheli Dewi & Palm, 2013 [PHILOMETRIDAE]
      Spirophilometra endangae Dewi & Palm, 2013 [PHILOMETRIDAE]
• Johnius — Croaker
      Philometra johnii Moravec & Ali, 2013 [PHILOMETRIDAE]
• Physignathus lesueurii
      Dracunculus sp. Jones, 2007 [DRACUNCULIDAE]
• Rachycentron canadum Linnaeus — Cobia
      Digitiphilometroides marinus (Moravec et de Buron, 2009) [PHILOMETRIDAE]
• Unidentified teleost — Unidentified teleost
      Philometra sydneyi Rasheed, 1963 [PHILOMETRIDAE]

Plant Hosts

• Anguilla australis Richardson — Short-finned Eel
      Anguillicola novaezelandiae Moravec & Taraschewski, 1988 [ANGUILLICOLIDAE]

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