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Camallanus carangis Olsen, 1954 (Nematoda: Camallanidae) reported from French Polynesia and Hawai'i with a redescription of the species. 1998

M C Rigby, and M L Adamson, and T L Deardorff

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

The marine fish parasite Camallanus carangis Olsen, 1954 (Nematoda: Camallanidae) is redescribed from the honeycomb grouper Epinephelus merra (Serranidae) in the Tuamotu Islands of French Polynesia and the glasseye Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Priacanthidae) in Hawai'i, both coral reef fishes. Camallanus carangis is reported for the first time from French Polynesia and Hawai'i. Camallanus marinus Schmidt and Kuntz, 1969 is designated a synonym of C. carangis and Camallanus paracarangis Velasquez, 1980 is regarded as a species inquirenda. Additionally, the genus Oncophora may need to be redefined to accommodate Camallanus aotea Slankis and Korotaeva, 1974, which bears more resemblance to Oncophora than Camallanus.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011114	Polynesia	The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)	Easter Island,Tahiti,Cook Islands,French Polynesia,Niue,Tokelau,Tokelau Islands,Wake Island,Wallis and Futuna Islands
D005260	Female		Females
D005393	Fish Diseases	Diseases of freshwater, marine, hatchery or aquarium fish. This term includes diseases of both teleosts (true fish) and elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates).	Disease, Fish,Diseases, Fish,Fish Disease
D005399	Fishes	A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton, and elongated bodies covered with scales.
D006254	Hawaii	A group of islands in Polynesia, in the north central Pacific Ocean, comprising eight major and 114 minor islands, largely volcanic and coral. Its capital is Honolulu. It was first reached by Polynesians about 500 A.D. It was discovered and named the Sandwich Islands in 1778 by Captain Cook. The islands were united under the rule of King Kamehameha 1795-1819 and requested annexation to the United States in 1893 when a provisional government was set up. Hawaii was established as a territory in 1900 and admitted as a state in 1959. The name is from the Polynesian Owhyhii, place of the gods, with reference to the two volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, regarded as the abode of the gods. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p493 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p2330)	Midway Island,Midway Islands
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D017175	Camallanina	A suborder of nematodes characterized by larvae lacking cephalic hooks and a tail that is generally long and pointed.	Camallaninas
D017205	Spirurida Infections	Infections with nematodes of the order SPIRURIDA.	Habronemiasis,Infections, Spirurida,Habronemiases,Infection, Spirurida,Spirurida Infection