Huffmanela branchialis is a parasitic nematode[1] It has been observed on the gills of the fork-tailed threadfin bream Nemipterus furcosus, a nemipterid marine fish off New Caledonia.

Its eggs are released from the gill mucosa with the turnover of living tissues and immediately continue their life-cycle.

The adults are unknown, only the eggs were described.

[1] The eggs are 45–52 micrometers in length and 23–30 micrometers in width, with thin shells.

Each egg is enclosed in a thin membrane forming a spindle-shaped envelope 53–85 micrometers in length.