Metabronemoides

Metabronemoides is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae.

Species of Metabronemoides are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of fish.

[1][2] The generic name Metabronemoides (= Metabronema-like, resembling Metabronema) reflects the fact that the cephalic structure of these nematodes somewhat recalls that of species of Metabronema.

[1] According to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] the genus currently (2019) includes a single species: This species is a parasite of the stomach of the painted sweetlips Diagramma pictum (Haemulidae, Perciformes), a fish of the coral reef lagoon of New Caledonia.

The name of the species mirabilis (= admirable, remarkable) relates to the fact that it has a remarkably different cephalic structure as compared to other representatives of Cystidicolidae.

Diagramma pictum is the host of Metabronemoides mirabilis