''Cucullanus'' is a genus of parasitic nematodes.
[Shamsi, S. (2016). ''Cucullanus'' Müller, 1777. In: Guilini, K.; Bezerra, T.N.; Deprez, T.; Fonseca, G.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Moens, T.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; Mokievsky, V.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A.; Vincx, M. (2016) NeMys: World Database of Free-Living Marine Nematodes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22861 on 2016-09-03] The genus includes more than 100 species.
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Among the species, '' Cucullanus cirratus'' is a parasite of cod.Cucullanus genypteri
''Cucullanus'' is a genus of parasitic nematodes.Shamsi, S. (2016). ''Cucullanus'' Müller, 1777. In: Guilini, K.; Bezerra, T.N.; Deprez, T.; Fonseca, G.; Holovachov, O.; Leduc, D.; Miljutin, D.; Moens, T.; Sharma, J.; Smol, N.; Tchesunov, A.; M ...
'' is a parasite of the pink cusk-eel, ''Genypterus blacodes
The pink cusk-eel, ''Genypterus blacodes'', is a demersal species of cusk-eel found in the oceans around southern Australia, Chile, Brazil, and around New Zealand except the east coast of Northland, in depths of . Their length is up to , and th ...
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Two species known as '' C. pybusae'' and '' C. stelmoides'' were discovered in 1978 inhabiting the liver and intestines of the American brook lamprey
''Lethenteron appendix'', the American brook lamprey, is a common non-parasitic lamprey in North America. In adults their disc-like mouths contain poorly developed teeth, useless for attaching to a host.
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References
Ascaridida
Parasitic nematodes of fish
Rhabditida genera
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