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 carettae Baylis, 1923

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	Baylis, H. A. (1923). Report on a Collection of Parasitic Nematodes, mainly from Egypt. Part III. Camallanidae, etc. With a Note on Probstmatria and an Appendix on Acanthocephala. Parasitology. 15(1): 24-38.
additional source	Di Renzo, L.; Di Gialleonardo, L.; Marchiori, E.; Di Francesco, G.; Curini, V.; Cocco, A.; Guccione, S.; Ferri, N.; Marcer, F.; Cammà, C.; Pascucci, I. (2020). Cucullanus carettae Baylis, 1923, in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from the Adriatic sea: first detection and molecular characterization. Parasitology Research.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Cucullanus carettae Baylis, 1923. 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:458982