Echinoparyphium elegans
| Echinoparyphium elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Echinostomatidae |
| Genus: | Echinoparyphium |
| Species: | E. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinoparyphium elegans | |
Echinoparyphium elegans is a species of trematode. Intermediate hosts include snails, bivalves, and fish. Definitive hosts are mainly birds and mammals.[2]
Hosts
[edit]According to the World Register of Marine Species, Echinoparyphium elegans has been found in the following definitive hosts:[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürliden Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. A Looss - 1899
- ^ The biology of Echinoparyphium (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae). Jane E. Huffman and Bernard Fried, Acta Parasitologica, September 2012, Volume 57, Issue 3, pages 199–210
- ^ WoRMS (2023). Echinoparyphium elegans (Looss, 1899) Dietz, 1909. Archived 2023-06-12 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2023-06-12.
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