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Gyrodactylus elegans

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Gyrodactylus elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Gyrodactylidea
Family: Gyrodactylidae
Genus: Gyrodactylus
Species:
G. elegans
Binomial name
Gyrodactylus elegans

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

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  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