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 heterochrous Rudolphi, 1802

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

original description	Rudolphi, C. A. (1802). Fortsetzung der beobachtungen ber die Eingerweidewurmer. Archiv fuer Zoologie und Zootomie. 3: 61-125.
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	Pereira, F. B.; González-Solís, D. (2022). Review of the parasitic nematodes of marine fishes from off the American continent. Parasitology. 1-14.
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.
redescription	Moravec, F. (2013). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Academia, Prague. 601 pp.
redescription	Gibson, D. I. (1972). Contributions to the life-histories and development of Cucullanus minutus Rudolphi, 1819 and C. heterochrous Rudolphi, 1802 (Nematoda: Ascaridida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zool.). 22: 151 - 170.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cucullanus heterochrous Rudolphi, 1802. 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:122927

Dr. David Gibson. Cucullanus heterochrous Rudolphi, 1802. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/35f7a0a3-fbc0-4aaa-afcb-8e6f7b2fd3b1