Cucullanus epinepheli is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of the brown spotted reef cod Epinephelus chlorostigma. The species has been described in 2018 by František Moravec & Jean-Lou Justine from material collected off New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean.[1]

Cucullanus epinepheli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Cucullanidae
Genus: Cucullanus
Species:
C. epinepheli
Binomial name
Cucullanus epinepheli
Moravec & Justine, 2017
The brown spotted reef cod Epinephelus chlorostigma is the host of Cucullanus epinepheli

Cucullanus epinepheli was characterized from other members of the genus Cucullanus mainly in possessing a unique structure of the anterior, elevated cloacal lip with a large posterior outgrowth covering the cloacal aperture and in the presence of cervical alae and two small preanal papillae on the median dome-shaped precloacal elevation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Moravec, Frantisek; Justine, Jean-Lou (2017). "Two new species of nematode parasites, Cucullanus epinepheli sp. n. (Cucullanidae) and Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) sinespinis sp. n. (Camallanidae), from marine serranid and haemulid fishes off New Caledonia". Folia Parasitologica. 64: 011. doi:10.14411/fp.2017.011. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 28402282.