Gyrodactylus elegans
Species of flatworm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gyrodactylus elegans is a species of monogenean parasitic flatworms in the family Gyrodactylidae.
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Gyrodactylus elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Monogenea |
Order: | Gyrodactylidea |
Family: | Gyrodactylidae |
Genus: | Gyrodactylus |
Species: | G. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Gyrodactylus elegans von Nordmann, 1832[1] | |
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It is reported parasiting the golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) in the wild[2] as well as the goldfish (Carassius auratus) in aquaria.[3]