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Bucephalus elegans

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Bucephalus elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Bucephalidae
Genus: Bucephalus
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Bucephalus elegans
Woodhead, 1930[1][2]

Bucephalus elegans is a species of Trematoda. It is parasitic in the clam species Eurynia iris, which is found in the Huron River, near Ann Arbor, Michigan.

References

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  1. ^ A Study of the Gasterostome Cercariae of the Huron River. Arthur E. Woodhead, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Oct., 1936), pages. 465-476, doi:10.2307/3222530
  2. ^ Woodhead, A. E. (1930). Life history studies on the trematode family Bucephalidae. No. II. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 49(1), 1–17.
  • Response to Light in the Cercariae of Bucephalus elegans. Gerrit Bevelander, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Volume 6, Number 3, July 1933