Biology:Gyrodactylus elegans

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Short description: Species of flatworm

Gyrodactylus elegans
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Gyrodactylidea
Family: Gyrodactylidae
Genus: Gyrodactylus
Species:
G. elegans
Binomial name
Gyrodactylus elegans
von Nordmann, 1832[1]

Gyrodactylus elegans is a species of monogenean parasitic flatworms in the family Gyrodactylidae.

It is reported parasiting the golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) in the wild[2] as well as the goldfish (Carassius auratus) in aquaria.[3]

References

  1. Mikrographische beiträge zur naturgeschichte der wirbellosen thiere. A von Nordmann, 1832
  2. Seasonal Occurrences, Transmission, and Host Specificity of the Monogenetic Trematode Gyrodactylus Elegans from the Golden Shiner (Notemigonus Crysoleucas). JD Parker, 1965
  3. Temperature effect on the distribution of Gyrodactylus elegans on goldfish. JD Anthony, Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association, 1969
  • Ueber die Entwicklung von Gyrodactylus elegans v. Nrdm. L Kathariner, 1904

Wikidata ☰ Q5035832 entry