Cucullanus epinepheli
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Cucullanus epinepheli is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of the brown spotted reef cod Epinephelus chlorostigma. 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 epinepheli | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Cucullanidae |
| Genus: | Cucullanus |
| Species: | C. epinepheli |
| Binomial name | |
| Cucullanus epinepheli Moravec & Justine, 2017 | |
Cucullanus epinepheli was characterized from other members of the genus Cucullanus mainly in possessing a unique structure of the anterior, elevated cloacal lip with a large posterior outgrowth covering the cloacal aperture and in the presence of cervical alae and two small preanal papillae on the median dome-shaped precloacal elevation.[1]
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