Choanocotyle elegans
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C. elegans
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Choanocotyle elegans
Jue Sue, 1998[1]

Choanocotyle elegans is a species of flatworms in the family Choanocotylidae. It infects Australian freshwater turtles. It was described from the small intestine of Chelodina expansa and Emydura macquarii.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Sue Jue, Lindsay (September 1998). "Description and life-cycle of two new species of Choanocotyle n. g. (Trematoda: Plagiorchiida), parasites of Australian freshwater turtles, and the erection of the family Choanocotylidae". Systematic Parasitology. 41 (1): 47–61. doi:10.1023/A:1006074125118.


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