Cucullanus variolae
Appearance
Cucullanus variolae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Cucullanidae |
Genus: | Cucullanus |
Species: | C. variolae
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Binomial name | |
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]