[1] It has been observed on the skin of the grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos off New Caledonia.

[1] The adults of Huffmanela lata are unknown, only the eggs were described.

Mobile larvae, 200–250 micrometers in length, were visible in the eggs.

As it is often the case for species of Huffmanela, the species was found because the accumulation of its eggs produced a black spot; in this particular case, the black spot was on the skin of the shark, near the gill.

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