Stichocotyle
| Stichocotyle nephropis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Subclass: | Aspidogastrea |
| Order: | Stichocotylida |
| Family: | Stichocotylidae Faust & Tang, 1936 [1] |
| Genus: | Stichocotyle Cunningham, 1884 |
| Species: | S. nephropis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stichocotyle nephropis Cunningham, 1884 [2] | |
Stichocotylidae is a monospecific genus of flatworms comprising the single species Stichocotyle nephropis, which is an internal parasite of elasmobranch fish, originally described from the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, by J. T. Cunningham in 1884.[3] This flatworm is distinguished by a single ventral row of well separated suckers.
References
- ↑ "Stichocotylidae Faust and Tang, 1936". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Stichocotyle nephropis Cunningham, 1884". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ↑ Grant D. Stentiford & Douglas M. Neil (2011). Grant Stentiford, ed. "Diseases of Edible Crustaceans". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 106 (1): 92–109. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2010.09.017. PMID 21215358.
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