Cucullanorhynchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Acanthocephala |
Class: | Archiacanthocephala |
Order: | Oligacanthorhynchida |
Family: | Oligacanthorhynchidae |
Genus: | Cucullanorhynchus Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008[1] |
Species: | C. constrictruncatus
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Binomial name | |
Cucullanorhynchus constrictruncatus Amin, Ha and Heckmann, 2008
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Cucullanorhynchus is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms). It contains a single species, Cucullanorhynchus constrictruncatus, which infests leopards in Vietnam.