''Cucullanus gymnothoracis'' is a species of parasitic nematodes. It is an endoparasite of the lipspot moray ''

Gymnothorax chilospilus The lipspot moray eel (''Gymnothorax chilospilus''), also known as the textile moray, white-lipped moray or white-lipped reef eel, is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

''. The species has been described in 2018 by

František Moravec František Moravec CBE (23 July 1895 – 26 July 1966) was the chief Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II. He moved to the United States after the war. Biography In 1915, Moravec was drafted into Austro-Hu ...

& Jean-Lou Justine from material collected off New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean. ''Cucullanus gymnothoracis'' was considered somewhat similar to '' Cucullanus austropacificus'', but differs from this species in the absence of cervical alae and the posterior cloacal outgrowth, in the shape and size of the anterior cloacal outgrowth and shorter

spicules Spicules are any of various small needle-like anatomical structures occurring in organisms Spicule may also refer to: * Spicule (sponge), small skeletal elements of sea sponges * Spicule (nematode), reproductive structures found in male nematodes ...

1.12 mm long.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q56676980 Ascaridida Parasitic nematodes of fish Nematodes described in 2018 Nematodes of New Caledonia Endoparasites