Cucullanus parapercidis

Cucullanus parapercidis is a species of parasitic nematodes.^[1] It is an endoparasite of fish, the Yellowbar sandperch Parapercis xanthozona (Pinguipedidae, Perciformes), which is the type-host, and the Speckled sandperch Parapercis hexophtalma. 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 parapercidis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Cucullanidae
Genus:	Cucullanus
Species:	C. parapercidis
Binomial name
Cucullanus parapercidis Moravec & Justine, 2020

Cucullanus parapercidis, scanning electron microscopy