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Cucullanus

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumNematoda
  3. ClassChromadorea
  4. OrderRhabditida
  5. FamilyCucullanidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Specimen records
95
With media
2
Family
Cucullanidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Portugal, French Polynesia, Mexico

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cucullanidae
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Parasite160062-fig2 - Nematode parasites of four species of Carangoides - Cucullanus bulbosus (drawings).png
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Cucullanus
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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.

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