Cucullanus variolae

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.

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Cucullanus variolae , scanning electron microscopy