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Cucullanus variolae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Cucullanidae
Genus: Cucullanus
Species:
C. variolae
Binomial name
Cucullanus variolae
Moravec & Justine, 2020
Cucullanus variolae, scanning electron microscopy

Cucullanus variolae is a species of parasitic nematodes. [1] It is an endoparasite of the fish species Variola louti (type-host) and Variola albimarginata. The species has been described in 2020 by František Moravec & Jean-Lou Justine from material collected off New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2020). "New records of cucullanid nematodes from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with descriptions of five new species of Cucullanus (Nematoda, Cucullanidae)". Parasite. 27: 37. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2020030. ISSN  1776-1042. PMC  7236544. PMID  32425154. Open access icon