Oceanicucullanus

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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Rhabditida: Spiruria
Seuratoidea
Cucullanidae
Oceanicucullanus Schmidt & Kuntz, 1969: Type species of the genus: Oceanicucullanus pacificus Schmidt & Kuntz, 1969

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Females:

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Although the type species of the genus, O. pacificus, was described by Schmidt and Kuntz (1969), as a parasite of marine fish, it was actually described form a freshwater fish (Moravec and Yooyen, 2011).

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Feeding:

Intestinal parasites of fish.

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References:

Le-Van-Hoa. 1973. Mise en synonymie du genre Chitwoodia Le Van Hoa et al. 1971 avec Oceanicucullanus Schmidt et al. 1969. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 48: 699-702.

Le-Van-Hoa, Pham-Ngoc-Khue. 1971. Relation taxonomique entre Gendria Baylis, 1930 et Cucullanus Mueller, 1777 (Remarques sur la superfamille Seuratoidea Chabaud, Campana-Rouget et Brygoo, 1959). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee,46:595-604.

Moravec, F. , Yooyen, T. 2011. Observations on two nematode species parasitizing freshwater fishes in Thailand, including Spinitectus thaiensis sp. nov. (Cystidicolidae) from Pseudomystus siamensis (Bagridae). Acta Parasitologica 56:58-66; DOI: 10.2478/s11686-011-0014-1

Schmidt G.D., Kuntz R.E. 1969. Nematode parasites of Oceanica. V. Four new species from fishes of Palawan, P. I., with a proposal for Oceanicucullanus gen. nov. Parasitology 59: 389-396. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000082354.