 In 1916, Lane described a new cucullanid species, "Bulbodacnitis bulbosa", from the bluefin trevally "Caranx melampygus" off Sri Lanka and established the new genus "Bulbodacnitis" to accommodate it, because he considered the presence of a dorsal hemispherical cephalic elevation in this species to be of generic importance.However, Barreto considered "Bulbodacnitis" Lane, 1916 a junior synonym of "Cucullanus" O.F.Müller, 1777, to which he transferred Lane’s species.