Cucullanellus Törnquist, 1931

Arai, Hisao P. & Smith, John W., 2016, Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda, Zootaxa 4185 (1), pp. 1-274 : 166

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scientific name	Cucullanellus Törnquist, 1931
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Generic diagnosis (after Bykhovskaya-Pavlovskaya et al. 1964). Cucullanidae . Anterior end of body not inflated or only slightly so. Lateral alae absent. Mouth opening transverse to body axis or slightly inclined dorsally. Pseudobuccal capsule a laterally compressed slit. Three small papillae on each side of mouth opening. Oesophagus expanded at both ends. Ventral intestinal caecum present. Males with pre-cloacal sucker. First three pairs of caudal papillae distributed anteriorly. Spicules equal or nearly so. Gubernaculum present. Vulva behind mid-body.

References

Bykhovskaya-Pavlovskaya, I. E., A. V. Gussev, M. N. Dubinina, N. A. Izyumova, T. S. Smirova, I. L. Sokolovskaya, G. A. Shtein, S. S. Shulman & V. H. Epshtein (1964) Key to Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem (translation of the 1962 Russian original), 919 pp.