Calliobothrium

Calliobothrium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Cestoda
Order:	Tetraphyllidea
Family:	Calliobothriidae
Genus:	Calliobothrium; Van Beneden, 1850

Calliobothrium is a genus of cestodes in the order Tetraphyllidea.^[1] Most, or possibly all, of the known species are parasites found within the intestines of members of the shark family Triakidae. It is known that in some instances at least two different species of Calliobothrium can parasitise the same species of shark.^[2]

Species[]

Shipley, 1900
Ostrowski de Nunez, 1973
Bernot & Caira, 2017
Yoshida, 1917
Monticelli, 1887
(Rudolphi, 1819)
Butler, 1987
Bernot, Caira & Pickering, 2015
Southwell, 1911
Zschokke, 1888
Yoshida, 1917
Kurashima, Shimizu, Mano, Ogawa & Fujita, 2014
Alexander, 1963
(Rudolphi, 1819)
Bernot & Caira, 2017

References[]

^ "Calliobothrium Van Beneden, 1850". WoRMS World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
^ Nasin, C.S.; Caira, J.N.; Euzet, L. (Aug 1997). "Analysis of Calliobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with Descriptions of Three New Species and Erection of a New Genus". The Journal of Parasitology. 83 (4): 714. doi:10.2307/3284252. JSTOR 3284252. PMID 9267417.

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[1] "Calliobothrium Van Beneden, 1850". WoRMS World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

[2] Nasin, C.S.; Caira, J.N.; Euzet, L. (Aug 1997). "Analysis of Calliobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with Descriptions of Three New Species and Erection of a New Genus". The Journal of Parasitology. 83 (4): 714. doi:10.2307/3284252. JSTOR 3284252. PMID 9267417.

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