Echinobothriidae is a family of
flatworms
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegment ...
belonging to the order
Diphyllidea
Diphyllidea is a monotypic taxon, monotypic Order (biology), order of Cestoda (tapeworms). Members of this order are gut Parasitism, parasites of elasmobranch fishes including rays and sharks.
References
Cestoda
Platyhelminthes orders
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Genera:
* ''
Ahamulina''
Marques, Jensen & Caira, 2012
* ''
Andocadoncum''
Abbott & Caira, 2014
* ''
Coronocestus''
Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta & Ivanov, 2013
* ''
Ditrachybothridium''
Rees, 1959
* ''
Echinobothrium''
Van Beneden, 1849
* ''
Halysioncum''
Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta & Ivanov, 2013
References
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Platyhelminthes