Kingdom Animalia Class Cestoda Family Litobothriidae Scientific name Litobothrium amsichensis | Phylum Platyhelminthes Order Litobothriidea Genus Litobothrium Rank Species | |
Similar Anomotodon, Cestodaria, Neobenedenia, Tetraphyllidea, Mitsukurinidae | ||
Litobothrium amsichensis is a tapeworm from the family Litobothridae.
This species was first described (along with Marsupiobothrium gobelinus) from a specimen collected from the spiral valve digestive organ of a goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) caught in New South Wales in Australia.
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