Cucullanus incognitus

Cucullanus incognitus
Cucullanus incognitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Suborder: Spirurina
Infraorder: Ascaridomorpha
Superfamily: Seuratoidea
Family: Cucullanidae
Genus: Cucullanus
Species: C. incognitus
Binomial name
Cucullanus incognitus
Moravec & Justine, 2018
Cucullanus incognitus, scanning electron microscopy

Cucullanus incognitus is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of the rare sparid fish Dentex fourmanoiri. The species has been described in 2018 by František Moravec & Jean-Lou Justine from material collected off New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean. Only female specimens were found.[1]

Cucullanus incognitus was characterized from other species of Cucullanus parasitic on Sparidae by the following morphological features (based on female morphology only): presence of cervical alae, postequatorial vulva and phasmids situated at the mid-length of the tail and the size of the eggs (75–84 × 45–66 μm).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2018). "Three new species of Cucullanus (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with a key to species of Cucullanus from Anguilliformes". Parasite. 25: 51. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018050. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6146675. PMID 30234482.
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