Cucullanus incognitus
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 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
- 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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