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Cucullanus
Sign in to savethumb|left|Cucullanus cirratus, [[scanning electron microscope photograph of the head (with added colours)]] Cucullanus is a genus of parasitic nematodes. The genus includes more than 100 species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumNematoda
- ClassChromadorea
- OrderRhabditida
- FamilyCucullanidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 95
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cucullanidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Portugal, French Polynesia, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cucullanidae
- Image
- Parasite160062-fig2 - Nematode parasites of four species of Carangoides - Cucullanus bulbosus (drawings).png
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|left|Cucullanus cirratus, [[scanning electron microscope photograph of the head (with added colours)]] 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cucullanus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.