Cucullanus
Genus of roundworms
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Cucullanus is a genus of parasitic nematodes.[1][2] The genus includes more than 100 species.[1][3][4][5][6][7]
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| Cucullanus | |
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| Cucullanus bulbosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Cucullanidae |
| Genus: | Cucullanus O.F. Müller, 1777 |
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(among more than 100 species)
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| Synonyms | |
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Truttaedacnitis Petter 1974 | |
Among the species, Cucullanus cirratus is a parasite of cod.[8] Cucullanus genypteri is a parasite of the pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes.[9]
Two species known as C. pybusae and C. stelmoides were discovered in 1978 inhabiting the liver and intestines of the American brook lamprey.[10]
