Cucullanus acutospiculatus
Appearance
Cucullanus acutospiculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Cucullanidae |
Genus: | Cucullanus |
Species: | C. acutospiculatus
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Binomial name | |
Cucullanus acutospiculatus |
Cucullanus acutospiculatus is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of a fish, the redbelly yellowtail fusilier, Caesio cuning (Caesionidae, Perciformes). 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]