Folia Parasitologica 52[4] 343-348 (2005) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.047

Cucullanus oceaniensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from Pacific eels (Anguilla spp.)

Franti¹ek Moravec1, Pierre Sasal2, Jürgen Würtz3, Horst Taraschewski3
1 Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brani¹ovská 31, 370 05 Èeské Budìjovice, Czech Republic
2 Centre de Biologie et d'Écologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne, UMR 5555 CNRS-UP, Parasitologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CBETM, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue de Villeneuve, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
3 Zoologisches Institut der Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Abteilung Ökologie und Parasitologie, Kaiserstrasse 12, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

A new species of parasitic nematode, Cucullanus oceaniensis sp. n., is described from the intestine of the giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata (type host) from Futuna Island (Wallis and Futuna Islands, Polynesia) and from A. marmorata and Anguilla sp. (cf. obscura) from Fiji Islands (Melanesia, South Pacific). The main distinguishing characteristics are the length of spicules (668-1,020 µm), situation of deirids (slightly anterior to the oesophago-intestinal junction) and the excretory pore (some distance posterior to the end of oesophagus), and the arrangement of caudal papillae in the male. It is the third known species of Cucullanus from Oceania and the first one reported from freshwater eels in the region of South Pacific. Cucullanus faliexae Morand et Rigby, 1998 is considered a junior synonym of Cucullanus australiensis Baylis, 1927.

Keywords: parasitic nematode, Cucullanus, new species, freshwater eel, Anguilla, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Fiji Islands, South Pacific Ocean

Received: May 27, 2005; Accepted: August 10, 2005; Published: September 1, 2005  Show citation

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Moravec, F., Sasal, P., Würtz, J., & Taraschewski, H. (2005). Cucullanus oceaniensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from Pacific eels (Anguilla spp.). Folia Parasitologica, 52(4), 343-348. doi: 10.14411/fp.2005.047
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