Litobothrium amsichensis
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Litobothrium amsichensis is a species of tapeworms from the family Litobothriidae.
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Taenia saginata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Cestoda |
Order: | Litobothriidea |
Family: | Litobothriidae |
Genus: | Litobothrium |
Species: | L. amsichensis |
Binomial name | |
Litobothrium amsichensis Caira & Runkle, 1993 | |
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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.[1]