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- ↑ Moravec, Frantisek; Manoharan, Jayaraman (2013). "Gonad-infecting philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) including four new species from marine fishes off the eastern coast of India". Folia Parasitologica. 60 (2): 105–122. doi: 10.14411/fp.2013.012 . ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 23724730.
