Cucullanus petterae

Cucullanus petterae
	Cucullanus petterae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Suborder:	Spirurina
Infraorder:	Ascaridomorpha
Superfamily:	Seuratoidea
Family:	Cucullanidae
Genus:	Cucullanus
Species:	C. petterae
Binomial name
	Cucullanus petterae; Moravec & Justine, 2020

Cucullanus petterae is a species of parasitic nematodes.[1] It is an endoparasite of fish, the Honeycomb grouper Epinephelus merra (Serranidae, Perciformes), which is the type-host, and the Blacktip grouper Epinephelus fasciatus. 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]

Cucullanus petterae, scanning electron microscopy

The name of the species honours Annie Petter, eminent French nematodologist (1932-2017).[1]

References

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.

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[MoravecJustine2020-1] 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.