Gyrodactylus elegans
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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