Cucullanus incognitus

Cucullanus incognitus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Cucullanidae
Genus:	Cucullanus
Species:	C. incognitus
Binomial name
	Cucullanus incognitus; Moravec & Justine, 2018

Cucullanus incognitus is a species of parasitic nematodes.^[1] It is an endoparasite of the rare sparid fish Dentex fourmanoiri. The species has been described in 2018 by František Moravec & Jean-Lou Justine from material collected off New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean. Only female specimens were found.^[1]

Cucullanus incognitus was characterized from other species of Cucullanus parasitic on Sparidae by the following morphological features (based on female morphology only): presence of cervical alae, postequatorial vulva and phasmids situated at the mid-length of the tail and the size of the eggs (75–84 × 45–66 μm).^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2018). "Three new species of Cucullanus (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with a key to species of Cucullanus from Anguilliformes". Parasite. 25: 51. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018050. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6146675. PMID 30234482.

[MoravecJustine2018-1] Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2018). "Three new species of Cucullanus (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with a key to species of Cucullanus from Anguilliformes". Parasite. 25: 51. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018050. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6146675. PMID 30234482.

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