Cucullanus acutospiculatus

Cucullanus acutospiculatus
	Cucullanus acutospiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Suborder:	Spirurina
Infraorder:	Ascaridomorpha
Superfamily:	Seuratoidea
Family:	Cucullanidae
Genus:	Cucullanus
Species:	C. acutospiculatus
Binomial name
	Cucullanus acutospiculatus; Moravec & Justine, 2020

Cucullanus acutospiculatus is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of a fish, the Redbelly yellowtail fusilier Caesio cuning (Caesionidae, Perciformes). 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]

Cucullanus acutospiculatus, scanning electron microscopy

References

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. PMID 32425154.

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[MoravecJustine2020-1] 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. PMID 32425154.