Schistocephalus
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| Drawing of the life cycle of Schistocephalus solidus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Diphyllobothriidea |
| Family: | Diphyllobothriidae |
| Genus: | Schistocephalus Creplin, 1829 |
Schistocephalus is a genus of tapeworm of fish, fish-eating birds and rodents.
Diversity
Three species of Schistocephalus have been described;[1]
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References
- ^ 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.
