Cucullanus acutospiculatus

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Cucullanus acutospiculatus
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Cucullanus acutospiculatus
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Spirurina
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Ascaridomorpha
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C. acutospiculatus
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Cucullanus acutospiculatus
Cucullanus acutospiculatus, scanning electron microscopy

Cucullanus acutospiculatus is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of a fish, the Redbelly yellowtail fusilier Caesio cuning (Caesionidae, Perciformes). 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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  1. ^ a b Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2020). "New records of cucullanid nematodes from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with descriptions of five new species of Cucullanus (Nematoda, Cucullanidae)". Parasite. 27: 37. doi:10.1051/parasite/2020030. ISSN 1776-1042. PMID 32425154. open access
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