Cucullanus variolae
Species of roundworm
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Cucullanus variolae is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of the fish species Variola louti (type-host) and Variola albimarginata. 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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Cucullanidae |
| Genus: | Cucullanus |
| Species: | C. variolae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cucullanus variolae | |
