Schistocephalus

<i>Schistocephalus</i>

Schistocephalus

Genus of tapeworms

Schistocephalus is a genus of tapeworm of fish, fish-eating birds and rodents.

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Diversity

Three species of Schistocephalus have been described;[1]

Schistocephalus

S. cotti Chubb, 2006

S. pungitii Dubinina, 1959

S. solidus (Müller, 1776)

References

  1. [1]
    Chubb, J.C.; Seppälä, T.; Lüscher, A.; Milinski, M.; Valtonen, E.T. (2006). "Schistocephalus cotti n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) plerocercoids from bullheads Cottus gobio L. in an Arctic river in Finland, with a key to the plerocercoids of the Palaearctic species of the genus". Systematic Parasitology. 65 (2): 161–170. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9047-5. PMID 16944267. S2CID 6046469.


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