Huffmanela ossicola is a parasitic nematode.

[1] It has been observed in the branchial arch bone and the spinal cord bone (as well as others) of the labrid marine fishes Bodianus loxozonus,[1] Bodianus busellatus[2] and Bodianus perditio[2] caught off New Caledonia.

This is the first species of Huffmanela reported from bone tissue.

[1] Its eggs are only available for the continuation of the life-cycle after the host's death.

Each egg is covered with numerous filaments enclosed in a thin envelope.