''Calliobothrium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
cestodes
Cestoda is a class of parasitic worms in the flatworm phylum (Platyhelminthes). Most of the species—and the best-known—are those in the subclass Eucestoda; they are ribbon-like worms as adults, known as tapeworms. Their bodies consist of man ...
in the
order Tetraphyllidea
Tetraphyllidea is a large tapeworm order that contains some 60 genera and about 800 described species. Tetraphyllideans are remarkable for their scolex morphologies, which are the most varied and morphologically complex amongst all tapeworm order ...
.
Most, or possibly all, of the known species are parasites found within the intestines of members of the
shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachi ...
family
Triakidae. It is known that in some instances at least two different species of ''Calliobothrium'' can parasitise the same species of shark.
Species
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Calliobothrium australis
''Calliobothrium'' is a genus of cestodes in the order Tetraphyllidea.
Most, or possibly all, of the known species are parasites found within the intestines of members of the shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by ...
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Ostrowski de Nunez, 1973
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Calliobothrium cisloi
''Calliobothrium'' is a genus of cestodes in the order Tetraphyllidea.
Most, or possibly all, of the known species are parasites found within the intestines of members of the shark family Triakidae. It is known that in some instances at least t ...
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Bernot & Caira, 2017
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Calliobothrium corollatum
''Calliobothrium'' is a genus of cestodes in the order Tetraphyllidea.
Most, or possibly all, of the known species are parasites found within the intestines of members of the shark family Triakidae. It is known that in some instances at least t ...
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Monticelli, 1887
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Calliobothrium creeveyae
''Calliobothrium'' is a genus of cestodes in the order Tetraphyllidea.
Most, or possibly all, of the known species are parasites found within the intestines of members of the shark family Triakidae. It is known that in some instances at least t ...
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Butler, 1987
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Calliobothrium euzeti''
Bernot, Caira & Pickering, 2015
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Calliobothrium nodosum''
Yoshida, 1917
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Calliobothrium shirozame''
Kurashima, Shimizu, Mano, Ogawa & Fujita, 2014
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Calliobothrium tylotocephalum''
Alexander, 1963
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Calliobothrium verticillatum''
(Rudolphi, 1819)
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Calliobothrium whitemanorum''
Bernot & Caira, 2017
References
Cestoda
Cestoda genera
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