Cucullanus variolae

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]

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

References
  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.
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