Cucullanus austropacificus
Cucullanus austropacificus | |
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Cucullanus austropacificus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Suborder: | Spirurina |
Infraorder: | Ascaridomorpha |
Superfamily: | Seuratoidea |
Family: | Cucullanidae |
Genus: | Cucullanus |
Species: | C. austropacificus |
Binomial name | |
Cucullanus austropacificus Moravec & Justine, 2018 | |
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Cucullanus austropacificus, scanning electron microscopy
Cucullanus austropacificus is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of the fish Conger cinereus. The species has been described in 2018 by František Moravec & Jean-Lou Justine from material collected off New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean.[1]
Cucullanus austropacificus was characterized by the following morphological features: presence of cervical alae, ventral sucker, alate spicules 1.30–1.65 mm long, conspicuous outgrowths of the anterior and posterior cloacal lips and elongate-oval eggs measuring 89–108 × 48–57 μm.[1]
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