Cucullanus acutospiculatus

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]

Cucullanus acutospiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Cucullanidae
Genus:	Cucullanus
Species:	C. acutospiculatus
Binomial name
Cucullanus acutospiculatus Moravec & Justine, 2020

Cucullanus acutospiculatus, scanning electron microscopy