Schistocephalus
Schistocephalus | |
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Drawing of the life cycle of Schistocephalus solidus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Cestoda |
Order: | Diphyllobothriidea |
Family: | Diphyllobothriidae |
Genus: | Schistocephalus Creplin, 1829 |
Schistocephalus is a genus of tapeworm of fish, fish-eating birds and rodents.
Diversity[]
Three species of Schistocephalus have been described; [1]
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References[]
- ^ Chubb, J.C.; Seppälä, T.; Lüscher, A.; Milinski, M.; Valtonen, E.T. (2006). "Schistocephalus cotti n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) plerocercoids from bullheads Cottus gobio L. in an Arctic river in Finland, with a key to the plerocercoids of the Palaearctic species of the genus". Systematic Parasitology. 65 (2): 161–170. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9047-5.
Categories:
- Cestoda genera
- Parasitic helminths of fish
- Parasites of birds
- Parasites of rodents
- Cestoda stubs