Gyrodactylus elegans
Appearance
Gyrodactylus elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Monogenea |
Order: | Gyrodactylidea |
Family: | Gyrodactylidae |
Genus: | Gyrodactylus |
Species: | G. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Gyrodactylus elegans von Nordmann, 1832[1]
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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
[edit]- ^ Mikrographische beiträge zur naturgeschichte der wirbellosen thiere. A von Nordmann, 1832
- ^ Seasonal Occurrences, Transmission, and Host Specificity of the Monogenetic Trematode Gyrodactylus Elegans from the Golden Shiner (Notemigonus Crysoleucas). JD Parker, 1965
- ^ 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