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.^[1]

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

Cucullanus variolae, scanning electron microscopy