Calliobothrium is a genus of cestodes in the order Tetraphyllidea.[1] Most, or possibly all, of the known species are parasites found within the intestines of members of the shark family Triakidae. It is known that in some instances at least two different species of Calliobothrium can parasitise the same species of shark.[2]
| Calliobothrium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Tetraphyllidea |
| Family: | Calliobothriidae |
| Genus: | Calliobothrium Van Beneden, 1850 |
| Synonyms | |
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Calliobothrum Braun, 1894 | |
Species
edit- Calliobothrium australis Ostrowski de Nunez, 1973
- Calliobothrium cisloi Bernot & Caira, 2017
- Calliobothrium corollatum Monticelli, 1887
- Calliobothrium creeveyae Butler, 1987
- Calliobothrium euzeti Bernot, Caira & Pickering, 2015
- Calliobothrium nodosum Yoshida, 1917
- Calliobothrium shirozame Kurashima, Shimizu, Mano, Ogawa & Fujita, 2014
- Calliobothrium tylotocephalum Alexander, 1963
- Calliobothrium verticillatum (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Calliobothrium whitemanorum Bernot & Caira, 2017
References
edit- ^ "Calliobothrium Van Beneden, 1850". WoRMS World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Nasin, C.S.; Caira, J.N.; Euzet, L. (Aug 1997). "Analysis of Calliobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with Descriptions of Three New Species and Erection of a New Genus". The Journal of Parasitology. 83 (4): 714–733. doi:10.2307/3284252. JSTOR 3284252. PMID 9267417.
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