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Cucullanus diagrammae

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Cucullanus diagrammae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Cucullanidae
Genus: Cucullanus
Species:
C. diagrammae
Binomial name
Cucullanus diagrammae
Cucullanus diagrammae, scanning electron microscopy

Cucullanus diagrammae is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of a fish, the Painted sweetlips Diagramma pictum (Haemulidae, 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]

References

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  1. ^ 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. Open access icon