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Cucullanus

Cucullanus
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Cucullanus bulbosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Suborder: Spirurina
Infraorder: Ascaridomorpha
Superfamily: Seuratoidea
Family: Cucullanidae
Genus: Cucullanus
O.F. Müller, 1777
Species

(among more than 100 species)

Synonyms

Truttaedacnitis Petter 1974


(among more than 100 species)

Truttaedacnitis Petter 1974

Cucullanus is a genus of parasitic nematodes. The genus includes more than 100 species.

Among the species, Cucullanus cirratus is a parasite of cod.Cucullanus genypteri is a parasite of the pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes.


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