Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Ascaridomorpha > Superfamily Seuratoidea > Family Cucullanidae > Subfamily Cucullaninae > Genus Cucullanus

Cucullanus cirratus Müller, 1777

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cucullanus*	Müller, 1777	accepted genus name
*Bulbodacnitis*	Maggenti, 1971	generic synonym
*Truttaedacnitis*	Petter, 1974	generic synonym
*Dacnitis*	Dujardin, 1845	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D. I. (2001). Nematoda - parasitic. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 174-176.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Pereira, F. B.; González-Solís, D. (2022). Review of the parasitic nematodes of marine fishes from off the American continent. Parasitology. 1-14.
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.
redescription	Hassani, M. M.; Kerfouf, A. (2015). First record of Cucullanus cirratus (Müller, 1777) (Nematoda, Cucullanidae) in Western Mediterranean Sea from Phycis blennoides (Teleostei: Gadidae). Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences. 5(4): 222-227.
redescription	M. Hussein, N.; M.A. Khalifa, R.; T.M. Abdel-Ghaffar, Z.; A. Hussein, A.-N. (2020). Redescription and a new host record of Cucullanus cirratus Müller, 1777 from the Red Sea fish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Perciformes: Mullidae) in Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries. 24(2): 327-340.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cucullanus cirratus Müller, 1777. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122922

Dr. David Gibson. Cucullanus cirratus Müller, 1777. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e58e23cf-c2eb-4fb3-9d89-688d4914cb3c