Metabronemoides

Metabronemoides is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of Metabronemoides are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of fish. ^[1][2]

Metabronemoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Cystidicolidae
Genus:	Metabronemoides Moravec & Justine, 2010

Etymology

The generic name Metabronemoides (= Metabronema-like, resembling Metabronema) reflects the fact that the cephalic structure of these nematodes somewhat recalls that of species of Metabronema. Metabronemoides is a masculine gender.^[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,^[2] the genus currently (2019) includes a single species:

Diagramma pictum is the host of Metabronemoides mirabilis

• Metabronemoides mirabilis Moravec & Justine, 2010 ^[1]

This species is a parasite of the stomach of the painted sweetlips Diagramma pictum (Haemulidae, Perciformes), a fish of the coral reef lagoon of New Caledonia. The name of the species mirabilis (= admirable, remarkable) relates to the fact that it has a remarkably different cephalic structure as compared to other representatives of Cystidicolidae.^[1]