Biology:Litobothriidea

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Short description: Order of flatworms

Litobothriidea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Subclass: Eucestoda
Order: Litobothriidea
Family: Litobothriidae
Genus: Litobothrium
Species[1]
Synonyms

Litobothriidae:

  • Litobothridae
Litobothrium:
  • Renyxa Kurochkin & Slankis, 1973

Litobothriidea is a monotypic order of Cestoda (tapeworms).[2] It contains only the monotypic family Litobothriidae, which includes only the genus Litobothrium. Members of this order are gut parasites of lamniform sharks.[3]

References

  1. "Litobothrium" (in English). Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=108270&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock. 
  2. Bray, Rod (2018). "Litobothriidea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=515784. 
  3. [(teleost fishes) "Litobothriidea"]. (teleost fishes). 

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