Cucullanus parapercidis

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

Cucullanus parapercidis is a species of parasitic nematodes.^[1] It is an endoparasite of fish, the Yellowbar sandperch Parapercis xanthozona (Pinguipedidae, Perciformes), which is the type-host, and the Speckled sandperch Parapercis hexophtalma. 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

^ ^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.

[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. PMC 7236544. PMID 32425154.

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